Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KG
03/23/18
Category Archives: The science of Original Sin
What about this vision of Original Sin as a reification of our own interpretations of the ‘what is real’. Once reified, a “serpent” inspires us to actions that produce results that differ from expectations (i.e. what is defined to be ‘real’). How do we deal with those results? Examples? And how does this picture resonate with traditional interpretations of these chapters of Genesis. This topic is addressed in chapters 11,12 and 13.
03/22/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KF
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[What does this model of ‘my heart2’ reveal?
When ‘the normal context of responsibility’ mirrors ‘Yahweh’, then responsibility is co-opposed to freedom.
When ‘the normal context of words’ mirrors ‘Satan’, words are co-opposed to bondage.
The next blog puts it in a visual manner.]
03/20/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KD
[The single actuality consisting of ‘something2H and my choice2V’ is ‘my heart2’.
The intersection dramatically displays two co-oppositions:
The vertical co-opposition:
Thoughts3V(2V and deeds2V(1V))
The vertical nested form:
I, seat of choice3V( my choice2V and something2H( something1V))
The horizontal co-opposition:
Obligations3H(2H and exercises of the heart2H(1H))
The horizontal nested form:
Thought experiment3H( something2H and my choice2V( me1H))]
03/15/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KA
Summary of text [comment] page 83
The New Testament develops this theme.
The Son of God invites us to the service of his Father.
The Son of God challenges our bondage to elites whose demands can never be satisfied.
Instead, our service to YHWH is presented as an exercise of freedom.
03/14/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JZ
[In the graciousness of a Persian king, a remnant returned.
They built the second temple in Jerusalem.
Could this devotion be described as ‘bondage’?
No and yes.
No, the individual is ruled by YHWH.
Yes, the individual is ruled by an elite who claims to speak for God.]
03/13/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JY
[In Babylon, the exiles lost everything, except their values and their desires for YHWH.
In America, the exiles gained everything and lost their values and desires for YHWH.
What will happen now, once again, depends on Persia.]
03/9/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JW
[The Old Testament prophets held incredible expectations3a. The whole of Israel should serve YHWH.
And they failed. The whole of Israel failed, and the heart of Judah was excised and removed to Babylon.]
03/8/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JV
[In the Old Testament, the Zeitgeist was full of the erotic and lurid gods of Canaan.
Can you hear the siren calls of the temple prostitutes?
Old Testament men of God are YHWH’s servants3b.
They chose YHWH.
Their values overflowed their desires.]
03/7/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JU
[Each member of the tribe of Israel, is expected to choose2b YHWH, thus revealing “her” values1b.
But the challenge does not stop there.
Every child of Abraham, upon hearing the stories in Genesis, is called to ‘something2a’ that reveals “her” desires.
If this ‘something2a’ is anything other than YHWH, then all hell will break loose.
The vessel of “her” values1b will fill with delusions appearing in the Zeitgeist3a.
The vessel1b formed when choosing YHWH will burst, in thought3b(2b and deed2b(1b)), leaving the wayward child of God trapped in the words3a(2a that “she” takes to be real2a and in bondage2a(1a)) to the desires1a that they call forth in “her”.]
03/6/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JT
[Each member of the tribe of Israel, is expected to choose2b YHWH, thus revealing “his” values1b.
But the challenge does not stop there.
Every child of Abraham, upon hearing the stories in Genesis, is called to ‘something2a’ that reveals “his” desires1a.
Without this ‘something2a’, the vessel of “his” values2b stands empty.]