I have wrestled much with the purpose of this blog. I want to address current issues in the world. I want to speak to what is really on people's hearts and minds (or bring up things which should be!). The way in which I intend to engage with arguments about government, society, and religion are through a Christian lens. It will also be though the lens of an English major, as much of old literature, what C.S. Lewis calls "the good books," has shaped my thinking.
My first point is this: There can be no Utopia. Read Thomas More's Utopia. Read George Orwell's 1984. Read Lois Lowry's The Giver. These may be fictions, but there is always some truth to every fiction and the truth presented in these is that the more humans try to create a perfect society, the more corrupt they become. Only, they are corrupted, rule-abiding citizens. Even in works such as I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov, laws given to robots on ethics seem to fail.
The point in being so cynical is to suggest that the solutions to issues in government, society, and religion which I will present are not to create a whole new society, but rather to try to change or fix the one we already have. This seems a far more practical application of ideas.
From the ground up, I fundamentally believe that
- humans are sinful in nature, incapable of being redeemed except by the grace of God.
- a society built by such imperfect beings will be imperfect.
-human beings have a God-given responsibility to try to redeem society as they themselves are being redeemed.
- human beings should seek to redeem society through what is both just and merciful in the eyes of God.
**there are many I could add to this list, but these seem particularly relevant at this point.
I might also say that, I believe my own ideas to be imperfect and am therefore open to the ideas/ comments/ critiques of others, so long as it is done so with civility.
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