tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3539770385727901671..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What is the specific purpose of (your) life?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67046696372440733522014-09-03T14:03:03.388+01:002014-09-03T14:03:03.388+01:00@Adam - True. It is also true to say that modern p...@Adam - True. It is also true to say that modern people are excessively preoccupied with their own personal meaning of life without sufficient attention to general things. <br /><br />HOWEVER, I expect that, like me for much of my life, modern non-Christians are aware that even if everything about Christianity were correct - all its general purposes and precepts - then that is not enough; and the fact that it is not enough may lead them to assume that: <br /><br />1. Christians believe that it IS enough. And <br /><br />2. That (therefore) Christianity actually wants its adherents to be undifferentiated 'cookie cutter' clones (and sometimes Christians do talk that way). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53638834622995181342014-09-03T13:34:11.665+01:002014-09-03T13:34:11.665+01:00Finding your purpose in life is a lot like finding...Finding your purpose in life is a lot like finding a wife. You normally have to be interested in doing it, be working towards it, but you can't press. In the meantime, working towards the general purposes of humankind, of your sex, of Christians, are very helpful preparations and groundwork. For most of us, that groundwork will also turn out to be the superstructure: your unique individual purpose is to be a man and a Christian in your specific life and with the specific people that you know. Being a father, for example, is always unique, because no one else has your children.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.com