Breadcrumbs
I watched a podcast earlier—really, a video of a podcast. An MIT scientist, also a Christian, was talking about scientism. He wasn’t arguing so much as describing how his own philosophy had led him back to Christianity. I understood that immediately, because I also identify as a Christian. I stop short, though, of pushing Christian dogma. In that podcast, the scientist referred several times to “the person of Christ.” I’ve come to believe that this way of framing things may actually be counterproductive—especially for someone with a scientific or philosophical background. I don’t say that to be argumentative. Still, it’s hard not to notice the confusion baked into the language. Jesus was a person. Christ is not a last name. Jesus was a wise man. Studying his life and sayings is worthwhile if you want to understand what he taught. What Jesus understood—and the way he lived and taught—is what I would call Christianity. In fact, Jesus stands as the clearest example of The C...