HeyJaredTy Kerley
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Our Blue-Eyed Brother (opens the original)
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If you have blue eyes, you are a member of an exclusive group. In fact, only about 8-10 percent of the worldwide population is blue-eyed, with Estonia and Finland having the highest rate at 89 percent, and Sweden, Iceland, and Norway all having rates above 70%. While the United States has the largest total number of blue-eyed people, their percentage of the total population is around 16-17 percent. Of course, the lowest population percentage of blue-eyed people is found in Sub-Saharan Africa and
KERLEY: Blame it on Constantine (opens the original)
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Over the previous three articles, we have presented historian Charles Freemanâs argument that the rise of Christianity in the Roman world brought about a âclosing of the Western mindâ and a âfall of reasonâ due to the intentional abandonment of the Greek intellectual tradition. Freeman argues three foundational developments fueled this closing of the Western mind: âthe attack on Greek philosophy by Paul, the adoption of Platonism by Christian theologians, and enforcement of orthodoxy
TY KERLEY: Why blame Plato? (opens the original)
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In the last article, we replied to Greek historian Charles Freemanâs claim that the apostle Paul âwaged warâ on the Greek philosophical tradition. However, Freeman claims that Paulâs attack on Greek philosophy was only part of the problem that Christianity posed to the advancement of the Western intellect. Freeman claims that âthe adoption of Platonism by Christian theologiansâ was to be a second factor in what he titles Christianityâs âclosing of the Western mind.â Freeman out
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