Thread by @RLStollar

"The Battle for Truth" appears to be the winner! Haven't read this book in forever so this will be fun.

Alright, everyone, buckle up. We're gonna take a look at David Noebel's classic on worldview studies, "The Battle for Truth: Defending the Christian Worldview in the Marketplace of Ideas." Noebel directed Summit Ministries, which taught apologetics to children. #ChristianAltFacts

Noebel begins the book with an ominous declaration: that there is a great Civil War raging in the U.S. today. A war between the forces of light (the Christian worldview) and the forces of darkness (the Humanist worldview). The Humanist worldview has 3 branches. #ChristianAltFacts

Noebel divides all of modern thought into four categories: Secular Humanist, Marxist/Leninist, Cosmic Humanist, and Biblical Christian. #ChristianAltFacts

Noebel is particularly concerned about public schools, because nefarious Humanists have taken them over and erased Christianity from them! #ChristianAltFacts

This highlighted quote explains Betsy DeVos. #ChristianAltFacts

Sorry, progressives, "No one can deny the Bible's divine inspiration and still claim to be a Biblical Christian." #ChristianAltFacts

This is if you want to nerd out on how exactly Noebel divides up the worldviews. #ChristianAltFacts

Christianity inspired modern science. #ChristianAltFacts

When Noebel gets to "Biblical Christian Psychology," that's when it really goes south. Here's Noebel explaining that "the source of all psychological problems" is "man's sinful nature." #ChristianAltFacts

Only Christians can develop "true, meaningful, and workable psychology." #ChristianAltFacts

Here's what David Noebel believes about mental illnesses: he puts them in quotation marks and argues they are merely "unsolved personal problems" rooted in rebellion against God. #ChristianAltFacts

The Christian psychologist's first step with a client should be to hold them "personally responsible for the sin in his life." #ChristianAltFacts

Here's David Noebel's approach to "marriage and the family": it is "strictly defined" as a heterosexual married couple; also, homosexuality and sex ed -- "some of the most bizarre concepts and practices imaginable" -- are polluting our schools. #ChristianAltFacts

How David Noebel divides up political beliefs. #ChristianAltFacts

Now we turn to "Biblical Christian Economics," where Noebel argues capitalism is the only Biblical Christian Economics™. He begins by stating private property "discourages greed." #ChristianAltFacts

Social justice is evil because "God's Word calls for private property." God is "not on the side of the poor." Justice leads to economic inequality. #ChristianAltFacts

Trickle-down economics is Biblical Christian Economics™ because "the rich aid the poor." #ChristianAltFacts

Capitalism is not only "more socially just than socialism," it is also the "most compatible" with the Biblical Christian Worldview™. #ChristianAltFacts

If it's not part of the Biblical Christian Worldview™, it does not offer any helpful insight into reality. #ChristianAltFacts

If you don't have the Biblical Christian Worldview™, you will wallow in despair and cling to only artificial hopes, ultimately abandoning sanity itself. #ChristianAltFacts

This final picture summarizes what I personally remember most about worldview studies at Summit: that you needed to subject every single thought under a microscope to make sure it was Biblically Christian™. It became an obsession. #ChristianAltFacts

Allright I'll do one more for #ChristianAltFacts. These are both Mary Pride books. Pride is the Queen of Christian Homeschooling. One book is about women submitting to patriarchal standards and the other is a rant against child protective services. Both are, um, remarkable.