“Go watch some sports, join the “hookup” culture, or otherwise numb yourself to reality with mindless pleasures like the overwhelming majority of our citizens.”
While I actually did take off work to watch two World Cup games today, the fact is that I’m a married father of sons who (unlike many of our citizens) has plenty at stake - I actually have future generations to be concerned about.
I expect no paradise on Earth; as a Christian I believe it is impossible to achieve, while we do what we can. Serious Christians today have to accept that their faith will never be embraced by the mainstream; Christianity was born in just such an environment. I just see no point in taking comfort from illusory successes.
FRegards.
Congrats. My Granddaughter is 2 and I worry about her future every single day. That is why I'm not going to give into negativity and stop fighting.
I just see no point in taking comfort from illusory successes.
They are real successes, not illusory successes , and partially enumerating them isn't the same thing as taking comfort in them. If you want to ignore any positive and focus purely on the negatives you go right ahead but for me, being overly pessimistic is just as dangerous as being overly optimistic.