See, the thing is that this is EXACTLY what I believe; I would never argue against this.dwilkins wrote:...
The reason is the fascination I have with people who willingly set aside logic and common sense in order to keep from having to admit simple things like the fact that a person's worldview will influence what they do in life. I'm frankly shocked that anyone is arguing that.
I see (in the case of Nazi Germany) that racism and nationalism influenced a whole country. That Hitler, a lapsed catholic, used Lutheran antisemitism to further his goals does not necessarily mean that he bought into any of Luther's teaching. It's not like the Third Reich turned propaganda into an art form or anything...
I see (in the case of the formation of the state of Israel) that a desire to maintain access to the sub-continent and the instability of the Ottoman Empire influenced British politicians. I don't argue that certain christians having pretribulation/premillennial views ALSO pressed for the founding of Israel, however.
In the case of the constant unrest in the region...well, oil, radical jihadism, oil, tribalism, oil, I don't really get the Dispensational tie-in there.
Say...what about the Ukraine/Russia mess? You know, Dispensationalists believe Gog or Magog (I can never remember which) speaks of Russia. Maybe, if we hadn't been so clouded by Dispensationalism during the Cold War, we would have done away with Soviet Russia, and Putin wouldn't be so hellbent on restoring it.
Well, the OP asked us not to denounce Full Preterism, so there's that...The only response to the OP that would make sense to me is one that argues that Full Preterism, because of some element of it, would result in a worse world than the one that the Dispensationalists (or Amillennialists, etc.) have brought us.
Maybe we could just talk about how everyone is a sinner in need of grace and how THAT system has the best outcome for everyone.Then, we could debate what part of which system would result in a better outcome. To argue that a person's or society's beliefs don't result in any particular outcome at all is laughable.