"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." -Colossians 2:8
The commentary that Gracepoint provided on this passage says "There can be no doubt that for us this is one of the most difficult passages Paul ever wrote." That was surprising to me, because actually I felt that this verse was pretty straightforward. A lot of philosophy is hollow and deceptive, and the philosophy that is hollow and deceptive can take you captive.
I mean, every philosopher who comes along says the guy before him was wrong. They call each other hollow and deceptive, so as a whole what philosophers say must be mostly wrong given that they contradict each other, even though they all use fine-sounding arguments. And the elegance with which these arguments are presented can be really attractive and can deceive, even if they're wrong.
But anyway, I do love philosophy as a discipline.
2 comments:
hmm.. interesting
I guess "This is one of the most difficult passages Paul ever wrote" is because one is being taken captive not realizing philosophy presented is hollow and deceptive. The tough job is to have a sound mind to discern what is a wise advice and what is not.
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