Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Secularized Biblical faith
In The Three Waves of Modernity on page 82, Modernity is defined as secularized biblical faith. It goes on to say we should not look forward to a heaven after we die, but instead focus on making a heaven on earth by our own means. We want both. The thought of eternal happiness is nice but it is also desired to have a pleasant and comfortable life on earth. We are raised being told to go to school and get an education to be able to get hired at a high paying job. With a lot of money you can buy a nice house and have other expensive things that will make us happy. Do we chase things that we believe will complete is and then are just even more unsatified when we get them? We want our rewards in the after life and at the same time we don't want to struggle in this one.
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I think that is where the peace brought by God comes play. Contentment with our current situation is far more pleasing than anything we can accomplish for ourselves. The important thought to remember here is that both present and future are gifts from God. We are given pleasure on Earth through contentment and we are given life in Heaven. In disregarding God, we would play a game of chase with eternally unsatisfying earthly objects, then end life only to proceed to eternal suffering. God, in reality, does supply us with "the best of both worlds."
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