Its Getting Better All The Time , , ,
I put this in the Religion & Philosophy Forum because I intend it to be
both a theological and philosophical statement about the bright cheerful
optimistic future of the Christian Church and the future of God's
Human Race Project.
On a cheerful note I am rereading a book titled "Its Getting Better All
The Time: 100 Greatest Trends Of The Last 100 Years, by Stephen
Moore and Julian Simon. Here are a couple of comments from the
blurbs:
"A refreshing breath of optimism and sanity amidst all the gloom and
doom."__John Stossel ABC News
"This book is so chock full of good news that it's virtually guaranteed to
cheer up even the clinically depressed. Moore and Simon dismantle the
doomsday pessimism that's still so commonplace in academia and the
media. The evidence they present is irrefutable: Give people freedom
and free enterprise and the potential for human progress is
seemingly limitless."__Lawrence Kudlow, Chief Economist, CNBC
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Abundance , , ,
I am reading another book that is cheerful and uplifting to the human sprit.
The title is Abundance : The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H.
Diamandis and Steven Kotler. {Peter H. Diamandis is on You Tube.}
Here are a few quotes from the blurbs on the back cover:
"This brilliant must-read book provides the key to the coming era of
abundance replacing eons of scarcity. Abundance is a powerful antidote
to today's malaise and pessimism."___Ray Kurzweil
"This is an audacious and powerful read! Abundance shows us how today's
philanthropists, innovators, and passionate entrepreneurs are more
empowered than ever before to solve humanity's grand challenges."
___ Jeff Skoll
"Our world faces multiple crises and is awash in pessimism. Abundance
redirects the conversation. spotlighting scientific innovators working to
improve people's lives. The result is more than a portrait of brilliant
minds -- it's a reminder of the infinite possibilities for doing good when
we tap into our own empathy and wisdom."___ Arianna Huffington
One more quote from the inside cover:
"Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived
in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional
wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing -- fast.
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All the above can be read within the following context
of Postmillennialism's bright cheerful optimistic outlook
for the future of the Christian Church and the future of
God's Human race Project.
Here is an excellent definition of Postmillennialism:
"Postmillennialism holds that the Lord Jesus Christ established
His kingdom on earth through His preaching and redemptive
work in the first century and that He equips His church with the
gospel, empowers her by the Holy Spirit, and charges her with
the Great Commission to disciple all nations. Postmillennialism
expects that eventually the vast majority of men living will be
saved. Increasing gospel success will gradually produce a
time in history prior to Christ's return in which faith,
righteousness, peace, and prosperity will prevail in the
affairs of men and nations. After an extensive era of such
conditions the Lord will return visibly, bodily, and gloriously,
to end history with the general resurrection and the final
Judgment after which the eternal order follows."
___ Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry.
Christianity is slowly Christianizing the world.
Christianity started small in numbers. There was a time in the 1st century
at the very beginning of Christianity when the number of Christians in the
world was less than 12. Today, some 2000 years later, there is some 2.3
billion Christians in the world. We have a name for this. We call it progress.
America today has over 1300 Evangelical mega-churches with weekly
attendance of over 2000. The Roman Catholics have over 3000 churches
with a weekly attendance of over 2000. This is Christian progress in the world.
Christianity is growing like wildfire in the Global South for example in Africa.
There is a huge Christian Church in China. House Church.
.Christianity is huge in South Korea and in South America and Central America.
The American Christian Church is still a vibrant force in the World. All this is
Christian progress in the world.
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Economic Abundance and Its Getting Better All The Time will characterize the
future of Christendom and God's Human Race Project.
JAG