tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post116431739414712890..comments2024-01-25T05:44:34.896+02:00Comments on God in a Shrinking Universe: Reading Tillich 34: The End of History IIPatrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164728289124176472006-11-28T17:38:00.000+02:002006-11-28T17:38:00.000+02:00That is what I tried to say at the end of my post,...That is what I tried to say at the end of my post, there is still resistance against the decline. I'm still inclined to believe that as a culture though, there is less interest in ultimate questions today compared to when Tillich was writing for example.Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164722069871146702006-11-28T15:54:00.000+02:002006-11-28T15:54:00.000+02:00Thanks for the clarification, Patrik. But doesn't...Thanks for the clarification, Patrik. <BR/><BR/>But doesn't saying we've reached the end of history mean that you're saying nobody (yourself or the people on your blogroll or your theology blogs list, etc.) is participating in the kingdom of God, asking the right questions, living sacrificially? Or if you and friends actually are doing any of the things qualified as history, then it's not over yet. <BR/><BR/>If that perspective on history is correct, then one thing is plain: It falls to us as part of our task in life to make our cultures alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164700612278048652006-11-28T09:56:00.000+02:002006-11-28T09:56:00.000+02:00Note that it is I that say that we may have reache...Note that it is I that say that we may have reached this point, Tillich only says what the end of history will look like.Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164651768052641702006-11-27T20:22:00.000+02:002006-11-27T20:22:00.000+02:00I've heard "History has ended" enough times to sta...I've heard "History has ended" enough times to stay a little skeptical. It's like Harry Potter said various times he was supposed to have died: you'd think he would have stopped walking around by now, and maybe he would be an extra-concentrated ghost if he had died so many deaths. <BR/><BR/>A Tolkien or a Dickens -- or a Mother Theresa -- simply by following Christ play a part in reviving the world. Those who celebrate the resurrection revive more people by bringing them to God's kingdom than those who sing funeral dirges. Not to pick too much on Tillich, I know he has other things to say besides this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164641616612580922006-11-27T17:33:00.000+02:002006-11-27T17:33:00.000+02:00I'd tend to be in agreement with Tillich here, and...I'd tend to be in agreement with Tillich here, and I don't think it's disspirited. Our world has a lack of creativity and originality (especially in the US) and these go hand in hand with spirit and freedom. History has ended--but there still is hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1164389329833738722006-11-24T19:28:00.000+02:002006-11-24T19:28:00.000+02:00One of the poets has said the world will end "not ...One of the poets has said the world will end "not with a bang but a whimper." I worry about the world in general, but I worry more about Europe than other places. So many Europeans seem so disspirited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com