Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 LL
[The decline of the Roman Empire may have been tempered by the multiplication of less politically minded Christians.]
05/7/18
Category Archives: Our current Lebenswelt is not the Lebenswelt that we evolved in
Human psychology evolved under in the social milieu of constrained complexity. Currently, humans live in unconstrained complexity. What has this done to our minds? These topics are addressed in various parts of An Archaeology of the Fall, particularly in chapters 8C and 11B.
05/4/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 LK
[Consider histories of Franklin Roosevelt written in the 20th century (7700s U0’).
Not one assessed the economic consequences of Roosevelt’s tragic and capricious presidential leadership.
The Federal Reserve Board caused the Great Depression.
Roosevelt did nothing to stop their madness.
He enhance the Great Depression by supplementing economic with political uncertainty.
Why did America not fall into revolution?
The common folk were still Christian.]
05/3/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 LJ
[Modern intellectuals rarely correlate the political rhetoric (words) with economic consequences (bondage).
Indeed, it seems that their job is to produce the words that put the common folk into bondage.]
05/2/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 LI
[Why did modern historians believe the rhetoric of the Pagan Romans?
Traditional pagan Romans blamed Christianity for their decline.
Naive and self-absorbed modern intellectuals took their words at face value.]
04/23/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 LB
[Before his conversion, Paul was not so different from other members of the Jewish elite. He yearned for recognition, not for material goods.
What type of recognition?
Paul wanted to be recognized as more righteous than his peers.
He was not covetous, like those other grasping elites.
Oh yes, he was better.
He enforced the Law.]
04/16/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KW
[Obligations went from responsibilities to words.
The words of the Law put the majority in bondage.
Common folk (the so-called “deplorables”) were required to meet traditional family and tribal obligations.
They were never adequate when it came to ritual purity. They were good people, but they were cast as losers
All they could hope for was to avoid accusations of thinkanti-object, that is, rumors that would ruin one’s life and relations.
Does that sound vaguely familiar for today’s (2017) America?]
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.]
02/26/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JN
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[Back to Schoonenberg’s text.]
We exercise our freedom in serving either God or Satan.