Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.5X3

[What happens when an infrasovereign religion achieves sovereign power?

On the natural philosophical axis:

Knowledge3(2) becomes Anti-knowledge3(2), “the denial of the consequences of pro-object human actions3(2)

Lawdenial3(2): Explanations3 for objective failure of situation2

Will2(1) becomes perversion2(1) or servitude2(1)

Perversion2(1): human action2 emerging from the trained dispositions1

This coupling matches the common perception of the word “perversion” as “kinky”.  “Kinky” pleases “the dispositions”.  What is missing in this naïve view is the other facet of the will: conscience.

Perversion2(1) is human action emerging from both conscienceinstrument_of_pro-object1 and dispositionskinky1.

Servitude2(1): human action2 emerging from the trained dispositions1

This coupling matches the common perception of “the slave” as “the one who is unable to run away”. The slave cannot run away because of exhaustion and compromized feelings (dispositionservitude).

The “slave” is defined as “the person who acts, with insubstantial resistance, according to the directives of the instruments of higher power, not because ‘he’ agrees, but because ‘he’ fears to be caught disagreeing”.

When subjects are brought into relation according to some organizational goal, the “pervert” becomes a “master” and the “subject” becomes a “slave”.]