Peters first three steps to radical evil fit a single nested form:<\/p>\n
Pride(anxiety(faithUnChristian<\/sup>))<\/p>\n This nested form stands on the threshold of the commission of sin.<\/p>\n Pride is the feeling that one can define \u2018reality\u2019.\u00a0 This includes defining the xiety<\/em> (whatever one has, could have had, or pretends to have) that one believesUnChristian<\/sup> in.<\/p>\n Pride puts anxiety into a normal context.<\/p>\n Anxiety is the fear of the loss of one\u2019s xiety<\/em>.<\/p>\n No doubt, Peters could have used other descriptors for how we situate faith.\u00a0 But anxiety is palpable and drives people to action, whether it is turning outward in aggression or inward in psychosomatic illness.\u00a0 Anxiety motivates sinful action.<\/p>\n FaithUnChristian<\/sup> makes sin-inducing anxiety possible.\u00a0 FaithUnChristian<\/sup> is belief in the possibility of a particular xeity<\/em>:\u00a0 my xiety<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peters first three steps to radical evil fit a single nested form: Pride(anxiety(faithUnChristian)) This nested form stands on the threshold of the commission of sin. Pride is the feeling that one can define \u2018reality\u2019.\u00a0 This includes defining the xiety (whatever one has, could have had, or pretends to have) that one believesUnChristian in. Pride puts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n