Pelagius, on the other hand, could not repent of his addiction of the soul.\u00a0 He loved being \u201cregarded as perfect\u201d and thought of his accolades as fully justified.\u00a0 He could not even fathom why anyone would disagree with his teachings.\u00a0 Everyone could become perfect, just like Pelagius himself, in seven easy steps.<\/p>\n
Here, in a nutshell, one can see why addictions of the soul are so difficult to \u201ccure\u201d.\u00a0 Concupiscence of the soul is readily \u201cjustified\u201d by the \u201cself\u201d or \u2013 to coin another term: justifiedself<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Whether the craving is for celebrity, status, positional power, accolades, masochistic abuse, mental brilliance, wit, revenge or sainthood, the emotional payoff addicts as much as any sensual pleasure or pain.\u00a0 Craving always fixes on finite ends.\u00a0 Such is the way of being with Cupid, the infatuating child of Venus, the Goddess of Love, who can justify anything she desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pelagius, on the other hand, could not repent of his addiction of the soul.\u00a0 He loved being \u201cregarded as perfect\u201d and thought of his accolades as fully justified.\u00a0 He could not even fathom why anyone would disagree with his teachings.\u00a0 Everyone could become perfect, just like Pelagius himself, in seven easy steps. Here, in a […]<\/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-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n