@Hosehound25 I think the world wasnt in dire straights 2000 years ago when Jesus was supposedly there. But it is now.. So if there was a time for Jesus it's now. Right now we have the capability of being amazing. We can stop all our problems if we work together. If we divide and give into our baser instincts we will eventually die out and we are nature's smartest product in 100s of millions of years and our intelligence is wrecking the planet. We overpopulate we are too successful. But with science and philosophy and creativity and manufacturing... With all our endeavors we may be the best thing life has actually produced. We need to reign in our destructive tendencies we need to live again as part of nature and not its slaveholder. So if there is a god and he put his son here. He should come back again. That's the feeling of the album to me.. But I reckon Isaac is an atheist like me. There is no god outside of us. Our best instincts to preserve all life and to flourish as a planet.. That's god.
@matteso80 Thanks for the thoughts, man. Matt? Mat here also (one t though…). I definitely understand the instinct to believe we are worse off today than we were 2,0000 years ago. There is so much injustice, pain, and suffering in the world that it’s hard to imagine a worse time than this. You are correct in that we are divided and that this division leads to many of the problems we see in the world. And we are the smartest and most capable beings on the planet and in the history of civilization. Yet, as you note, we cannot seem...
@matteso80 Thanks for the thoughts, man. Matt? Mat here also (one t though…). I definitely understand the instinct to believe we are worse off today than we were 2,0000 years ago. There is so much injustice, pain, and suffering in the world that it’s hard to imagine a worse time than this. You are correct in that we are divided and that this division leads to many of the problems we see in the world. And we are the smartest and most capable beings on the planet and in the history of civilization. Yet, as you note, we cannot seem to right the ship on our own. I think more than anything this points to our need for God’s hand in our predicament. As a Christian I would point to Christ’s first coming as God’s hand in this endeavor. His work to reconcile the world back to him – people, creatures, and creation – as each currently experiences the pangs of death and decay. Orthodox Christian belief teaches that Christ will eventually come to this earth again, to finally reconcile and redeem all of creation and to defeat death and its effects. It is this hope that we are called to hang on to. Much of what Christ did while he was on earth was to provide a foretaste of this redeemed creation, namely his miracles (raising people from the dead, curing sickness and disease, etc. – notice a common theme among what he was eradicating?). The world is not what it should be. This is something most – if not all – of us can agree on. The answers are what we struggle with. Although I have faith and hope, it is often a struggle for me as well. Belief is not meant to be easy. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that. However, believing there is no God is just that – a belief as well. Both take faith, if we’re being honest. That’s why I won’t ever cast aside the cares and concerns of anyone, especially an atheist. In my view, you have identified the problem and need for a solution. That is not something everyone can say. Keep searching, asking questions, and most importantly, keep an open mind. Cheers and rock on.
@Hosehound25 I think the world wasnt in dire straights 2000 years ago when Jesus was supposedly there. But it is now.. So if there was a time for Jesus it's now. Right now we have the capability of being amazing. We can stop all our problems if we work together. If we divide and give into our baser instincts we will eventually die out and we are nature's smartest product in 100s of millions of years and our intelligence is wrecking the planet. We overpopulate we are too successful. But with science and philosophy and creativity and manufacturing... With all our endeavors we may be the best thing life has actually produced. We need to reign in our destructive tendencies we need to live again as part of nature and not its slaveholder. So if there is a god and he put his son here. He should come back again. That's the feeling of the album to me.. But I reckon Isaac is an atheist like me. There is no god outside of us. Our best instincts to preserve all life and to flourish as a planet.. That's god.
@matteso80 Thanks for the thoughts, man. Matt? Mat here also (one t though…). I definitely understand the instinct to believe we are worse off today than we were 2,0000 years ago. There is so much injustice, pain, and suffering in the world that it’s hard to imagine a worse time than this. You are correct in that we are divided and that this division leads to many of the problems we see in the world. And we are the smartest and most capable beings on the planet and in the history of civilization. Yet, as you note, we cannot seem...
@matteso80 Thanks for the thoughts, man. Matt? Mat here also (one t though…). I definitely understand the instinct to believe we are worse off today than we were 2,0000 years ago. There is so much injustice, pain, and suffering in the world that it’s hard to imagine a worse time than this. You are correct in that we are divided and that this division leads to many of the problems we see in the world. And we are the smartest and most capable beings on the planet and in the history of civilization. Yet, as you note, we cannot seem to right the ship on our own. I think more than anything this points to our need for God’s hand in our predicament. As a Christian I would point to Christ’s first coming as God’s hand in this endeavor. His work to reconcile the world back to him – people, creatures, and creation – as each currently experiences the pangs of death and decay. Orthodox Christian belief teaches that Christ will eventually come to this earth again, to finally reconcile and redeem all of creation and to defeat death and its effects. It is this hope that we are called to hang on to. Much of what Christ did while he was on earth was to provide a foretaste of this redeemed creation, namely his miracles (raising people from the dead, curing sickness and disease, etc. – notice a common theme among what he was eradicating?). The world is not what it should be. This is something most – if not all – of us can agree on. The answers are what we struggle with. Although I have faith and hope, it is often a struggle for me as well. Belief is not meant to be easy. Don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that. However, believing there is no God is just that – a belief as well. Both take faith, if we’re being honest. That’s why I won’t ever cast aside the cares and concerns of anyone, especially an atheist. In my view, you have identified the problem and need for a solution. That is not something everyone can say. Keep searching, asking questions, and most importantly, keep an open mind. Cheers and rock on.
@matteso80 we are definitely better off now than compared to thousands of years ago. Don\'t buy that narrative that everything is awful and injust
@matteso80 we are definitely better off now than compared to thousands of years ago. Don\'t buy that narrative that everything is awful and injust