tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7120182240687645247..comments2024-03-29T18:58:14.725+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Neglect of Heaven and Resurrection: The worst effects of modern materialism? Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25266523326588665952022-08-27T12:56:54.754+01:002022-08-27T12:56:54.754+01:00@Anon - Thanks. As it says in the sidebar, I very ...@Anon - Thanks. As it says in the sidebar, I very seldom publish Anonymous comments - but you reminded me of this post, which I had forgotten writing but addresses a topic that some have asked about. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17282491006501091922022-08-27T12:15:32.257+01:002022-08-27T12:15:32.257+01:00Bruce this is your finest article so far... You he...Bruce this is your finest article so far... You helped me understand it all because you provided context from the beginning Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70825307531013094232022-04-07T07:35:21.693+01:002022-04-07T07:35:21.693+01:00@TtL - "Christianity is the only religion tha...@TtL - "Christianity is the only religion that adequately solves the problem of death."<br /><br />I agree - at least from the perspective of what I most deeply desire after death. <br /><br />There are many others who apparently want annihilation after death - but then they find that annihilation after death destroys the meaning and purpose of mortal life, as well. Indeed, this seems to be the reigning and enforced global ideology. <br /><br />Then into this vacuum of meaning and purposes, of waxing fear, resentment, despair and insanity; Satan steps... Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26244154747720218972022-04-07T06:06:12.929+01:002022-04-07T06:06:12.929+01:00@EP - I think it probable that most people convert...@EP - I think it probable that most people convert to either the religion 'as a whole' (which was my case) - and may therefore have missed the essence of it; or for a particular and specific reason - which may not be the core of it. <br /><br />This makes a reasonable start (we have to start somewhere!) - and in the past when churches were net-Good it would suffice; but it means that a faith which 'misses the point' is based on error and incoherence, and vulnerable to the pervasive subversion and destruction of Good in a world where institutions are net-evil. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86641643090353302672022-04-06T23:48:57.465+01:002022-04-06T23:48:57.465+01:00The last line resonates perfectly with my conversi...The last line resonates perfectly with my conversion from atheism. As stated in 1 Corinthians, "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain." Christianity is the only religion that adequately solves the problem of death.Truth to Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370172701251387988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-47039889206306068552022-04-06T22:42:33.573+01:002022-04-06T22:42:33.573+01:00"Lewis himself converted to Christianity befo..."Lewis himself converted to Christianity before believing in the reality eternal Heavenly life"<br /><br />To be a Christian that does not believe in Heaven... Is this possible? I would think not, it seems to me that CS Lewis was perhaps in a sort of proto-Christian state at the time, as he didn't fully believe Jesus.Evan Pangburnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14067960966289191202022-04-06T16:58:23.285+01:002022-04-06T16:58:23.285+01:00@FX - The question is not what I think, but what Y...@FX - The question is not what I think, but what You think and want for Yourself - not just casually (I don't want to die), but considering the perspective of eternity - what kind of life and living would suffice for eternity?Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28010827857106484752022-04-06T16:43:38.381+01:002022-04-06T16:43:38.381+01:00I was watching Shogun, the TV movie series based o...I was watching Shogun, the TV movie series based on James Clavell's work, and it surprised me to see the Japanese in feudal times saw life's ending as the beginning of Eternal Life (no Christ, but still Eternal Life).<br /><br />I've no idea if that was a belief in general in Japan in the 1600s or a modern imposition. <br /><br />The TV series showed Christians, including Japanese Christians, but the view of Eternal Life after this life was said in reference to an elderly Zen gardener who had his head chopped off. <br /><br />It was said in the show the Japanese viewed life and death as the same.<br /><br />What are your thoughts on this view in other cultures that there is an Afterlife with Eternal Life to follow?<br /><br />And if this is so, why Christ or Christianity specifically? <br /><br />FXnoreply@blogger.com