\u201cConcupiscence\u201d encompasses both the realm of possibility and the realm of actuality.\u00a0 I depicted it as \u201cthe state of being(with Cupid)\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cThe state of being\u201d belongs to the realm of actuality.\u00a0 \u201cWith Cupid\u201d belongs to the realm of possibility. In the plane of \u201cdoing\u201d, \u201cwith Cupid\u201d makes \u201cthe state of being\u201d possible.<\/p>\n
So what puts concupiscence into context?<\/p>\n
In Chapter 6, Peters discussed \u201cself-justification\u201d, which I will write, justificationself<\/sup>.\u00a0 After all, \u201cself\u201d is a species of justification.<\/p>\n Peters laid this step out according to the following logic:<\/p>\n We are mortal and concupiscence will not give us immortality.<\/p>\n We know the difference between good and evil and we suspect that good is eternal.<\/p>\n So how can we justify our concupiscence?<\/p>\n Well, the only way is to lie to ourselves.<\/p>\n We have to claim that the finite ends that come with concupiscence somehow, somehow, somehow are transcendent.<\/p>\n If we succeed, we justifyself<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cConcupiscence\u201d encompasses both the realm of possibility and the realm of actuality.\u00a0 I depicted it as \u201cthe state of being(with Cupid)\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cThe state of being\u201d belongs to the realm of actuality.\u00a0 \u201cWith Cupid\u201d belongs to the realm of possibility. In the plane of \u201cdoing\u201d, \u201cwith Cupid\u201d makes \u201cthe state of being\u201d possible. So what 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-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n