{"id":124910,"date":"2023-11-30T17:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=124910"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:58:41","slug":"1st-things-carl-trueman-why-ayaan-hirsi-ali-became-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=124910","title":{"rendered":"(1st Things) Carl Trueman–Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali Became a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim and now a former atheist, recently declared that she has converted to Christianity<\/a>. This is a cause for great rejoicing.<\/p>\n

It is also a fascinating sign of the times. Her published account of why she is a Christian is somewhat odd, given that it mentions Jesus only once. It is, however, unreasonable to expect a new convert to offer an elaborate account of the hypostatic union in the first days of faith. This is why churches catechize disciples: Conversion does not involve an infusion of comprehensive doctrinal knowledge. And whatever the lacunae in her statement, the genuineness of her profession is a matter for the pastor of whatever congregation of Christ\u2019s church to which she attaches herself.<\/p>\n

Here is what makes her public testimony a sign of the times: She states that she converted in part because she realized that a truly humanistic culture\u2014and by that I mean a culture that treats human beings as persons, not as things\u2014must rest upon some conception of the sacred order as set forth in Christianity, with its claim that all are made in the image of God. \u201cWestern civilization is under threat from three different but related forces,\u201d she writes. These are resurgent authoritarianism in China and Russia, global Islamism, and \u201cthe viral spread of woke ideology.\u201d She declares that she became a Christian in part because she recognized that \u201cwe can’t fight off these formidable forces\u201d with modern secular tools; rather, we can only defeat these foes if we are united by a \u201cdesire to uphold the legacy of the Judeo-Christian tradition,\u201d with its \u201cideas and institutions designed to safeguard human life, freedom and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A renowned public intellectual, @Ayaan<\/a> Hirsi Ali, tapped the zeitgeist with a recent article published to @unherd<\/a> entitled \u201cWhy I am Now a Christian.\u201d The piece is a literal come-to-Jesus moment for Ayaan, who is famous for her atheism advocacy. THREAD pic.twitter.com\/b0Pt9Kcdlj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Nayna (@MikeNayna) November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n