tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6749027360315811360..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The Answer (whatever it is) is neither simple nor straightforward; but to be effective, would need to be massively disruptiveBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70072345402535873172021-01-28T12:30:08.723+00:002021-01-28T12:30:08.723+00:00"They' create a problem, use Their contro..."They' create a problem, use Their control of bureaucracies and media to evoke a massive social reaction, then impose Their fake-solution - their 'answer' (for which the problem and reaction were in truth just an excuse)."<br /><br />Like the pick and roll in a basketball game, you see this play executed over and over. And their answer is always the same-servility is security. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254728148882930531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-82291692698164613212021-01-27T20:49:47.118+00:002021-01-27T20:49:47.118+00:00This is a very helpful post. The following is mere...This is a very helpful post. The following is mere conjecture on my part, roughly based on some ideas I've picked up from Berdyaev and some Romantics. As you say, I think a mass Christian awakening would have to begin with the acceptance of salvation. This would certainly begin a much needed transformation, but this transformation would land us roughly back at the same point we were around 1750 or so. <br /><br />A collective return to salvation would certainly change the world, but the real massive disruption will occur when Christians realize that salvation, though utterly necessary, does not mark the completion of Christian religious life; that salvation actually lays the groundwork for the full expression of Christian life via creativity, which may be the Answer. Creativity will require a whole new level of courage and daring. <br /><br />Like you, I don't know what this Answer will look like, or when it will occur, but as you state, it will positively disrupt the world as few things ever have. I find a great deal of comfort in the idea that conditions for such a potential Answer may very well be forming at the present time. Francis Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063224017320651978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-55949591535568373312021-01-27T13:44:08.905+00:002021-01-27T13:44:08.905+00:00@DJ - I don't understand what you mean - what ...@DJ - I don't understand what you mean - what equation would this be? How can hell be disrupted (when it already is maximum disruption)? Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87621558524903516872021-01-27T12:06:20.643+00:002021-01-27T12:06:20.643+00:00If nothing can be done for the masses, then why fi...If nothing can be done for the masses, then why figure them into any equation regarding the disruption of hell on earth?<br /><br />Doktor Jeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264029556476623973noreply@blogger.com