Augustine was addicted by way of the body.\u00a0 Pelagius was addicted by way of the soul.\u00a0 The former addiction may be more forgiving than the latter.<\/p>\n
Pride(anxiety(faithUnChristian<\/sup>) may set the stage for being with Cupid by way of the body, but pride may be broken on the self-annihilating wheel of physical addiction.\u00a0 Attempts to justify one\u2019s addiction are often not sufficient to maintain the turning of the wheel.\u00a0 But self-justification is a powerful assist as long as the wheel turns.<\/p>\n Concupiscence parallels anxiety(faithUnChristian<\/sup>).\u00a0 The former is on the plane of \u201cdoing\u201d.\u00a0 The latter is on the plane of \u201csetting the stage for doing\u201d.<\/p>\n Perhaps another way to depict \u201cconcupiscence\u201d is \u201cstate of being(with Cupid)\u201d on the plane of \u201cdoing\u201d.\u00a0 Here, \u201cstate of being\u201d would match \u201canxiety\u201d as undeniably emotional and soma-oriented.\u00a0 \u201cWith Cupid\u201d would match \u201cfaithUnChristian<\/sup>\u201d.\u00a0 Cupid\u2019s arrow places a finite desire in the place where a transcendent longing should be.\u00a0 Cupid\u2019s arrow tells you to say \u201cyes\u201d when you should say \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n When Augustine asked for grace, he had to swallow his pride.\u00a0 He could not justify his addiction.\u00a0 He repented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Augustine was addicted by way of the body.\u00a0 Pelagius was addicted by way of the soul.\u00a0 The former addiction may be more forgiving than the latter. Pride(anxiety(faithUnChristian) may set the stage for being with Cupid by way of the body, but pride may be broken on the self-annihilating wheel of physical addiction.\u00a0 Attempts to justify […]<\/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-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n