Seems the world is primed for an Augustinian revival. Humanity, despite is belief in its own superiority, has shown itself to be broken and sinful, and no amount of progress undoes it. We simply become more creative in our methods of oppressing and exploiting each other.

Fortunately, Augustinianism does leave us a way out, while acknowledging that the promised kingdom will only exist in glimmers and fragments. We won't be perfect anytime soon, but the good news is we don't have to be. We just have to try to live into that better life.

Nietzsche's madman noted he came to early to declare the death of God. I would argue that humanity will never be able to seperate itself from religion, especially for all of the reasons you outlined.

Humanity cannot save itself, our own arrogance powered by our knowledge will destroy us. We saw this arrogance on full display 100 years ago with the first world war, and we see it again with social justice losing its christian context and attaching itself to an ideology.

As the writer of Ecclesiastes wrote:

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

Seems the world is primed for an Augustinian revival. Humanity, despite is belief in its own superiority, has shown itself to be broken and sinful, and no amount of progress undoes it. We simply become more creative in our methods of oppressing and exploiting each other.

Fortunately, Augustinianism does leave us a way out, while acknowledging that the promised kingdom will only exist in glimmers and fragments. We won't be perfect anytime soon, but the good news is we don't have to be. We just have to try to live into that better life.

Nietzsche's madman noted he came to early to declare the death of God. I would argue that humanity will never be able to seperate itself from religion, especially for all of the reasons you outlined.

Humanity cannot save itself, our own arrogance powered by our knowledge will destroy us. We saw this arrogance on full display 100 years ago with the first world war, and we see it again with social justice losing its christian context and attaching itself to an ideology.

As the writer of Ecclesiastes wrote:

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

Seems the world is primed for an Augustinian revival. Humanity, despite is belief in its own superiority, has shown itself to be broken and sinful, and no amount of progress undoes it. We simply become more creative in our methods of oppressing and exploiting each other.

Fortunately, Augustinianism does leave us a way out, while acknowledging that the promised kingdom will only exist in glimmers and fragments. We won't be perfect anytime soon, but the good news is we don't have to be. We just have to try to live into that better life.

Nietzsche's madman noted he came to early to declare the death of God. I would argue that humanity will never be able to seperate itself from religion, especially for all of the reasons you outlined.

Humanity cannot save itself, our own arrogance powered by our knowledge will destroy us. We saw this arrogance on full display 100 years ago with the first world war, and we see it again with social justice losing its christian context and attaching itself to an ideology.

As the writer of *Ecclesiastes wrote:

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Ecclesiastes 1:17-18*

Seems the world is primed for an Augustinian revival. Humanity, despite is belief in its own superiority, has shown itself to be broken and sinful, and no amount of progress undoes it. We simply become more creative in our methods of oppressing and exploiting each other.

Fortunately, Augustinianism does leave us a way out, while acknowledging that the promised kingdom will only exist in glimmers and fragments. We won't be perfect anytime soon, but the good news is we don't have to be. We just have to try to live into that better life.

Nietzsche's madman noted he came to early to declare the death of God. I would argue that humanity will never be able to seperate itself from religion, especially for all of the reasons you outlined.

Humanity cannot save itself, our own arrogance powered by our knowledge will destroy us. We saw this arrogance on full display 100 years ago with the first world war, and we see it again with social justice losing its christian context and attaching itself to an ideology.

As the writer of Ecclesiastes wrote:

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

Seems the world is primed for an Augustinian revival. Humanity, despite is belief in its own superiority, has shown itself to be broken and sinful, and no amount of progress undoes it. We simply become more creative in our methods of oppressing and exploiting each other.

Fortunately, Augustinianism does leave us a way out, while acknowledging that the promised kingdom will only exist in glimmers and fragments. We won't be perfect anytime soon, but the good news is we don't have to be. We just have to try to live into that better life.