{"id":4222,"date":"2018-09-18T13:44:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/09\/18\/society-of-christian-philosophers-succumbs-to-political-correctness\/"},"modified":"2018-09-18T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:44:37","slug":"society-of-christian-philosophers-succumbs-to-political-correctness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/09\/18\/society-of-christian-philosophers-succumbs-to-political-correctness\/","title":{"rendered":"Society of Christian Philosophers Succumbs to Political Correctness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following taken verbatim from Appeared-to-Blogly<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

SCP: 1978-2018<\/span><\/h3>\n
Filed under: Philosophy<\/a> \u2014 camcintosh @ 5:09 pm <\/span><\/div>\n
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Well, the Society of Christian Philosophers had a good run, celebrating its 40th<\/sup> anniversary at a vegan-catered conference this past weekend. Like the American Philosophical Association, the SCP is a shell of its former self, having been soul-sucked by political activists on the left. Compare Alvin Plantinga\u2019s vision of nearly 40 years ago, as detailed in his \u201cAdvice to Christian Philosophers<\/a>,\u201d to the SCP\u2019s vision today as \"gravestone\"summarized by one of the conference organizers:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The future is about teaching philosophy better, engaging in community outreach, rethinking \u201cthe cannon\u201d, willing to think about mental illness, seeking to be compassionate and caring, promoting diversity and inclusion, and working to be less white. And it includes children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This vision, relayed in typical Orwellian code, could just as well be that of any other progressive, secular organization\u2019s. Hence, the Society of Christian Philosophers can no longer be said to exist as a distinctively Christian or philosophical organization. Its acronym should henceforth be understood to stand for the Society of \u201cChristian\u201d Progressives. I\u2019m sure Uncle Al and Sr. Swinburne are proud of this bold, counter-cultural direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BV comments: rethinking "the cannon"? I'd like to take  a cannon to the numbskull who wrote the above statement. The word, of course, is 'canon.'<\/span><\/div>\n
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Related: Swinburne Dust Up at Society for Christian Philosophers<\/a> (26 September 2016)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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