Symbolic Convergence: Christianity’s Fine-Tuned Architecture, A Grand Unification Theory of Apologetics
Symbolic Convergence: Christianity’s Fine-Tuned Architecture A Grand Unification Theory of Apologetics *This is a Chapter included in my new book "Pilgrimage to Shiloh," available soon. Introduction: A New Class of Evidence In previous chapters, we examined numerous logical, historically grounded, time-bound arguments for Christianity. I find that each of these on their own are quite compelling. However, there exists a profound apologetic argument that is rarely articulated but is felt intuitively by many. It is an argument that transcends the typical forensic “proofs” of Christianity. This one is not isolated evidence such as the empty tomb, manuscript reliability, or philosophical arguments for God’s existence. Instead, it is about the very architecture of Christian reality itself: the recognition that Christianity forms a symbolic ecosystem in which prophecy, typology, liturgy, history, ritual, cosmology, and theology converge on a single Person in time. The coherence ...