tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4939194639494567765..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Charlton's Second Law and things coming to a point (TCtaP)Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90414861347414517382018-02-21T10:58:39.400+00:002018-02-21T10:58:39.400+00:00@MM64 - Yes indeed. I was first convinced that the...@MM64 - Yes indeed. I was first convinced that these were the End Times by Fr Seraphim Rose, of the Russian Orthodox Church overseas. The phrase, things coming to a point, was made by CS Lewis in That Hideous Strength, and he was not making a denominational point but speaking from a Mere Christian perspective*. <br /><br />TCtaP has its positive aspects - which is perhaps why God is allowing it to happen: things become very clear, sharp, dichotomous - so that our vital decisions and choices are made equally clear - and we are made to understand how much is at stake. <br /><br />*(Admittedly, I suspect CSL would probably have excluded Mormon theology from Mere Christianity - on what I would regard as spurious metaphysical/ definitional grounds - but I see no evidence that he knew anything at all about Mormonism - as most people don't. It took me about five years of considerable effort to get clear about the nature of Mormon theology - at which point I embraced it as true (this was late 2012). Unsurprisingly, I am therefore not much interested in hearing/ considering the views of the great mass of people - Christians and otherwise - whose acquaintance with Mormon theology is casual and superficial, with hostile prejudice, and/ or gleaned from hostile and prejudiced sources!) Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72518871080115448822018-02-21T10:43:59.671+00:002018-02-21T10:43:59.671+00:00If things are truly coming to a point then it must...If things are truly coming to a point then it must be that honest Christians from different denominations have observed this from their own viewpoints. Some catholic examples from recent days:<br /><br />https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-lumbering-beast-from-the-east/<br /><br />https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/put-not-trust-trusting-souls/<br /><br />MultiplayerMario64https://www.blogger.com/profile/13961950291806064169noreply@blogger.com