Much of my writing is a list of general ills one can find in any newspaper, interspersed with the usual bleats of one disgruntled old man. What do I believe is an important question, as I am the writer of this work, it is a question I am obliged to answer.
I believe Judaism & Christianity bring forth their best when in crises.
6,000 years ago, the beginning of the Jewish calendar, stone age hunter gatherer was in transition to early agrarian industrial man. It needs be noted the most high God made himself known to us, only after we ourselves had first become developed enough to receive him. He came at a time when man was profoundly challenged, indeed traumatized by the immensity of the huge changes he was undertaking. The book of Genesis, complete with its covenantal God who has a duty of care for humankind, was bought forth during this period. These foundational assumptions of a God of higher abstracts, one who suffers for & with his people (A God who cares) as we work our way through the trial & error of higher development, have proven a sound foundation for mans continuing development ever since.
2,000 years ago man had accumulated much painful experience; higher civilization was not as wondrous as first advertised. The majority at the bottom of the heap had few rights or protections, were often little more than slave labor, items of public sport in mock tests or trials, or cannon fodder in endless wars. Christ came forth at this time to establish a new paradigm of human rights, dignities & protections. Whilst the resultant Christianity has never been perfect & sometimes been absurd, it has remained the humanities flag ship ever since, & will continue in this role until the end of time.
Today we have new crises converging together on multiple fronts. I believe the Christian faith will rise to the occasion by bringing forth a millennium III variant of Christianity which will serve humankind for the duration of the next period. Further, this will not be a repudiation or rejection of the Christian past, but a continuity & new fulfillment arising out off all that has gone before.
Ken Maynard e-mail… communichristi@gmail.com
Link to home-page… http://www.communichristi.org.nz
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