Men in western governments who were themselves are often modern men, did not understand that freedom without chaos is not a magic formula which can be implanted anywhere. Rather, being modern men, it was their view that, because human race had evolved to a certain level by some such year as 1950, democracy could be planted anywhere from the outside. They had carefully closed their eyes to the fact that freedom without chaos had come forth from a Christian base. They did not understand that freedom without chaos could not be separated from its roots. () Many countries where democracy has been imposed from the outside or from top downward, authoritarianism has increasingly become the rule of the day
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About Francis A. Schaeffer
Francis A. Schaeffer was a 20th-century American theologian. Francis August Schaeffer was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, a prolific author in her own right. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination