Ayaan Hirsi Ali converts to Christianity

[KingsGambit]

She is best known as a critic of Islam, and in particular its views on women. She had been an atheist.

https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/

I do have a couple questions here. Her comment about "Christianity outgrowing its dogmatic stage" raises my eyebrows and makes me wonder what she perceives by Christianity. It also appears that she is attracted to Christianity because she sees it as politically beneficial rather than seeing it as true. Still, people convert for a number of reasons, some "better" than others, but ultimately the "why" isn't important. She also admits she is new to the faith and still learning.

[alaskazimm]

She is best known as a critic of Islam, and in particular its views on women. She had been an atheist.

https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/

I do have a couple questions here. Her comment about "Christianity outgrowing its dogmatic stage" raises my eyebrows and makes me wonder what she perceives by Christianity. It also appears that she is attracted to Christianity because she sees it as politically beneficial rather than seeing it as true. Still, people convert for a number of reasons, some "better" than others, but ultimately the "why" isn't important. She also admits she is new to the faith and still learning.

Just on a casual read, it sounds like the "dogmatic stage" is akin to the oft noted cage stage the recent converts to Calvinism go through.

[JimL]

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[mossrose]

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[NorrinRadd]

She's sadly mistaken here:

"It became increasingly clear that Christ’s teaching implied not only a circumscribed role for religion as something separate from politics."

Any real belief system, which is part of what Christianity is, impacts *all* of life, including one's politics.

[KingsGambit]

I haven't listened to it but someone called my attention to an interview with Jordan Peterson where she says she doesn't take the Bible literally. Again, that statement can mean different things, but it's overall not looking so good.