You're quite right about utopia of course, since the word means literally "no place". I was given the CS Lewis sci fi trilogy to read when I was 10 and found it fascinating and dull at the same time, maybe I wasn't old enough to appreciate it in the way you described. I totally agree with you that, notwithstanding the wonderful achievements of mankind and the progress in equality and education and son, the utopia is nowhere other than in our selves: as Jesus put it, the Kingdom is within you. Politics and Law has its place, but true peace is inner. That seems to be the trajectory of the Biblical writings, yet within Christendom we still have groups obsessed with trying to define what is right and looking for ways to make everybody else comply. Yes I'm talking about certain lefty trends.
If you admitted you were a creationist and believe everything in the Bible it would at least explain your rather extreme belief in the supernatural and apparent disinclination to debate important issues without distorting your sources.
You also don't seem to get much response to your blog's so not sure what the point of them is?
This is very different from other conspiracy blogs and web sites.
And your vision of utopia seems just wishful thinking of what might be whilst forgetting the wonderful accomplishments of mankind despite the sheer horror some people experience.
And your god is just a petty authoritarian figure who promises everything but does not deliver ( except in people's minds)
When you start calling out the hypocrisy of Israel claiming their right to the "promised land" , which is just an attempt to justify land theft, I might have more respect for you.
But you just appear to want to hide quietly behind your blogs and not respond to serious issues.
You're quite right about utopia of course, since the word means literally "no place". I was given the CS Lewis sci fi trilogy to read when I was 10 and found it fascinating and dull at the same time, maybe I wasn't old enough to appreciate it in the way you described. I totally agree with you that, notwithstanding the wonderful achievements of mankind and the progress in equality and education and son, the utopia is nowhere other than in our selves: as Jesus put it, the Kingdom is within you. Politics and Law has its place, but true peace is inner. That seems to be the trajectory of the Biblical writings, yet within Christendom we still have groups obsessed with trying to define what is right and looking for ways to make everybody else comply. Yes I'm talking about certain lefty trends.
James
If you admitted you were a creationist and believe everything in the Bible it would at least explain your rather extreme belief in the supernatural and apparent disinclination to debate important issues without distorting your sources.
You also don't seem to get much response to your blog's so not sure what the point of them is?
This is very different from other conspiracy blogs and web sites.
And your vision of utopia seems just wishful thinking of what might be whilst forgetting the wonderful accomplishments of mankind despite the sheer horror some people experience.
And your god is just a petty authoritarian figure who promises everything but does not deliver ( except in people's minds)
When you start calling out the hypocrisy of Israel claiming their right to the "promised land" , which is just an attempt to justify land theft, I might have more respect for you.
But you just appear to want to hide quietly behind your blogs and not respond to serious issues.
Hugh
Hugh