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| author | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-08-04 14:10:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Joe Carstairs <me@joeac.net> | 2026-08-04 14:10:38 +0100 |
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chp3: minor rewording of comment on john's realistic utopia
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diff --git a/chapter3.md b/chapter3.md index 2d88934..41988f3 100644 --- a/chapter3.md +++ b/chapter3.md @@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ Although John's vision is surely mythological, it is not merely fanciful. Given John's case, made throughout the book, that God is sovereign but the world is currently distorted by evil, it is natural to conclude that eventually, things will be transformed, to remove evil and reveal God's perfect plan for his -creation as he has promised. Crucially, this eschaton is not only a remote, +creation. Crucially, this eschaton is not only a remote, invisible future, but it is real and present in the Church: when the martyrs are willing to follow the Lamb to non-violent, self-sacrificial resistance against idolatrous, life-denying ideologies, the New Jerusalem is already visible. John's utopian vision, then, although it may not be an accurate prediction of the future, does function as a way of mythologically 'naming' the eschaton which -God is visibly bringing about. Contemporary green rhetors often shy away from +God will and visibly is bringing about. Contemporary green rhetors often shy away from utopian visions for fear of being 'unrealistic.' While John does not have a scientistic prejudice about what a 'realistic' vision ought to look like, he is likewise rightly concerned that his vision be plausible: his utopia is possible, |
