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Ancient men worshiped by giving gifts to the gods. <\/p>\n

Modern humanitarians worship by giving gifts to men. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if everyone thinks that true worship is the worship of man. It\u2019s as if everyone is somehow knows that there is a man on the throne of heaven, even people who don\u2019t believe in heaven anymore. <\/p>\n

No ascension, no humanitarianism. Humanitarianism is haunted by Christology. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ancient men worshiped by giving gifts to the gods. Modern humanitarians worship by giving gifts to men. It\u2019s as if everyone thinks that true worship is the worship of man. It\u2019s as if everyone is somehow knows that there is a man on the throne of heaven, even people who don\u2019t believe in heaven anymore. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-theology-christology"],"yoast_head":"\nWorship the man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ancient men worshiped by giving gifts to the gods. Modern humanitarians worship by giving gifts to men. 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