Speaking on the eve of WWII, Lewis said:
If we had foolish unchristian hopes about human culture, they are now shattered. If we though we were building up a heaven on earth, if we looked for something that would turn the present world from a place of pilgrimage into a permanent city satisfying the soul of man, we are disillusioned, and not a moment too soon.
That's from a recent post on
Kevin DeYoung's blog, in which DeYoung also quotes the philosopher Gilbert Meilander:
Life, and our shared way of life, are always fragile and insecure. That is not a crisis; it is human history. And during our share of that history it will always be true that how, rather than how long, we live should be our central concern.
No doubt.
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