This is the fourth article in a series. Each article is my musing with Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The articles are a little looser in nature than my others. I strived to keep them as musings. The middle part of this piece reads like a mental riff. Find the other pieces at the link above.
“Gibbon is anti-Christian!”
“I heard Gibbon blames the decline and fall on the Christians!”
“The Decline and Fall is an anti-Christian work!”
As of this writing, I’ve finished The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. After reading three thousand-plus pages, I discovered that my pastor levels far harsher criticisms against the Christians and Christian institutions than Gibbon leveled.
But here’s a hot take, as the kids say.
After finishing the work, and after learning a ton from my pastor (a man with an extensive theological background; his sermons hold an impossibly high standard in teaching and insight), I believe Christians sho…
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