Plato Versus the Bible
At first glance, Plato’s theory of forms seems to have positive traits. It attempts to satisfy the seeking heart’s cry, “There has to be more to life than this!” and points searching souls to a world beyond what we can see. But that’s as far as it goes. Plato’s theory is deficient. It is fallen man’s best attempt to figure out reality and the meaning of life based solely on naturGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Wow this is a wonderful article…man I can’t get over the point regarding the “nonmaterial”, and I’d also never heard about the ghost Jesus ideas. I sure am glad I read this one.
Thanks for writing this.
Hi Mr. Scott
I love this article. I’m thinking that Plato’s philosophy has led to the heresies of cults like JW, and Islam etc. There seems to be a direct connection between the idea that physical things are “bad” and spiritual things are good. I also think that while it’s extremely important to have a solid foundation in theology, Christians need to know more of early Church history and the heresies present at the time and that infiltrated into aspects of the cults. Was allegorization of scripture developed out of Plato’s philosophy? Christians need to understand how this impacted church theology e.g. the belief that the millennium is spiritual not physical.