As noted in the introductory blogs, at the same time that Menninger proposed that \u201csin\u201d go into the slot for the realm of actuality, the Public Cult of Progressivism had already initiated a host of alternatives that now fall under the label \u201cpolitical incorrectness\u201d.<\/p>\n
So, Menninger\u2019s argument ended up as crime(political incorrectness(symptom)).<\/p>\n
This substitution does not change the nested structure.\u00a0 However, it does change the point of accountability.<\/p>\n
According to Menninger, God holds the person accountable.\u00a0 \u201cSin\u201d is a \u201ctransgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine will; moral failure.\u00a0 Sin is failure to realize in conduct and character the moral ideal, at least as fully as possible under existing circumstances; failure to do as one ought towards one\u2019s fellow man (Webster)\u201d (18-19).<\/p>\n
According to the Public Cult of Progressivism, the central state holds the person accountable.\u00a0 \u201cSexist\u201d, \u201cpolluter\u201d, \u201cracist\u201d, \u201ccapitalist\u201d, \u201chomophobe\u201d blame the person in precisely the way that \u201csin\u201d does?<\/p>\n
Is there a difference?<\/p>\n
Perhaps it is this:<\/p>\n
In Christianity, the accuser is also a sinner.<\/p>\n
In Progressivism, the accuser is a saint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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