The Manichaean Heresy Today
CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · R.J. Rushdoony
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Show Notes
Manichaeanism replaces the Bible’s moral conflict (sin vs. obedience) with a false conflict of being spirit vs. matter, light vs. darkness. When evil is treated as something inherent in people, classes, races, or institutions, the solution is no longer repentance and conversion, but suppression, exclusion, or death. This logic has fueled revolution, Marxism, racism, and modern statism.
Christianity offers a radically different answer: creation is good, sin is moral, and the remedy is regeneration in Christ. Where Manichaean thinking produces endless conflict, Scripture calls the church back to faithfulness, conversion, and practical obedience under the one true God.