A Part Is Always Too Limited To

An Idol Is Not Necessarily Something Concrete, Like A Golden Calf. It Can Also Be Something Abstract, Like Matter. Is Matter Part Of The Created Order? Sure It Is. So The Philosophy Of Materialism Qualifies As An Idol In The Biblical Sense.

Only A God Of Love Is Fully Personal. Thus The Trinity Is Crucial For Maintaining A Fully Personal Concept Of God. As Theologian Robert Letham Writes, “only A God Who Is Triune Can Be Personal.... A Solitary Monad Cannot Love And, Since It Cannot Love, Neither Can It Be A Person.” Therefore It “has No Way To Explain Or Even To Maintain Human Personhood.

Clearly, Enlightenment Thinkers Were Seeking A God Substitute.

All Of Science Is Largely Formalized Common Sense.

Urban Areas Tend To Attract Members Of The 'knowledge Class' - People Who Work With Ideas, Data, Information