tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4312261592183727730..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The ancients understood the need for a Saviour, a Messiah, for human life to be positive and hope-full - but modern people have lost this understanding, and therefore necessarily despairBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-44068127060107768352015-04-29T16:33:41.852+01:002015-04-29T16:33:41.852+01:00@ajb - It may be - although that is a non sequitur...@ajb - It may be - although that is a non sequitur, as Wittgenstein recognized: 'We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.'Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14262864333026807722015-04-29T15:45:53.769+01:002015-04-29T15:45:53.769+01:00Because we have had significant increases in mater...Because we have had significant increases in material standards of living and the knowledge that goes along with the technological innovations that made that happen.<br /><br />Therefore, people start thinking they themselves can make things better.<br /><br />In short, we've had science, which has replaced religion in terms of giving people hope and a utopic vision of the future.<br /><br />?<br />ajbhttp://makingsenseofchristianity.comnoreply@blogger.com