Yet Church Youth Groups Rarely Teach Apologetics,

Materialists Try To Live In The Lower Story Non-material World Subjective, Superstitious, Mental Constructs Material World Objective, Scientific, Knowable Facts

Modern Secular Thought Has Its Own Dualism: It Treats Only The Physical World As Knowable And Testable, While Locking Everything Else - Mind, Spirit, Morality, Meaning - Into The Realm Of Private, Subjective Feelings. The So-called Fact/value Split.

The Sense Of All Stylistic Change Is That The Underlying View Of The World Changes.

In Gnosticism, The Physical World Did Not Ultimately Matter - Which Meant Physical Suffering Did Not Matter Either. Seeking 'enlightenment' Meant Cultivating An Attitude Of Detachment, Even Indifference.

In Every Historical Period, The Religious Groups That Grow Most Rapidly Are Those That Set Believers At Odds With The Surrounding Culture.