Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 AZ-2
[Beware of Progressive declarations using the term ‘social’.
The term has been redefined.]
04/10/17
Category Archives: Unveiling words
The first task or group concerns the semiotics of speech-alone talk. One of these would be about unveiling the hidden history of a word. This topic is addressed in chapters 2 and 12.
04/7/17
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 AZ-1
Summary of text [comment] page 81
[A similar change in the American language occurs today. The (infra)sovereign religions of Progressivism usurp and tailor the specialized language of Christianity to suit their pursuit of sovereign power.
In particular, the word ‘social’, like the ancient word ‘bones’, has been drained of personal meaning and repurposed for organizational manipulation and control.]
04/6/17
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 AY
Summary of text [comment] page 81
[Allow me to summarize:
The Old Testament metaphor of ‘flesh and bones’ (designating the essential person) was usurped (from the suprasovereign perspective) and tailored to fit an (infra)sovereign point of view.
The terms went from popular usage to propaganda.
This precisely follows Schoonenberg’s scenario of refusal and usurpation.
A change of the language, the symbolic order of society, became inevitable.
Schoonenberg did not have the analytical tools to explain why Paul opposed the ‘flesh’ against the ‘spirit’ (and not ‘flesh and bones’ against the ‘spirit’). He only noted that the Old Testament opposition applies to one situation and the New Testament opposition applies to another.
In addition, he limited his discussion to warning that the term ‘spirit’ does not simply replace the term ‘bones’.]
04/5/17
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 AX
Summary of text [comment] page 81
[As the second Temple moved deeper into the Axial Age, the entire language of Israel shifted in response to this re-application of the flesh and bones metaphor to Society (as well as other usurpations of character-building metaphors).
The Party of the Sovereign changed the meaning of the words.
The Party of the Sovereign destroyed the language.
Paul’s opposition between ‘flesh’ and ‘spirit’ is evidence of a shift in the symbolic order of language.]
08/25/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2 BF-2
[The cultural veiling of key theological words in the constantly tumultuous symbolic orders of the civilized West has been going on for a long time.
The 12th century is 900 years ago. Clearly, some people were already trying to liberate the concept of human freedom from the trappings of Original Sin.
Augustine and the Council of Carthage occurred 1800 years ago. Already, some were trying to liberate love from grace.]
08/1/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2 AQ
[Schoonenberg never mentioned ‘unreal love’.
He pushed to the edge of postmodernism, but he could not break through a barrier.
That barrier persisted in the 1960s. It was long gone by 2015.
That barrier was the concept that ‘reality was Real’.]
07/5/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2AF
[The televisionaires speak their truth to you, little viewers with golden ornaments.
You cannot talk back, so the television will speak for you. Mainstream TV will portray a character, a victim, some poor trifle that stands for you, the true victim, who cannot talk back to the television. You will feel sympathy for this pathetic creature because you identify with the victim.
You are the victim of the televisionaries, but you do not know it. You only see what is in front of you. You only see images on a screen.
I will consider ‘the so-called truths that they broadcast’, which Christ called a lie, in the next blog.]
07/5/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2AE-2
[In addition, one views the adoration of individuals who adhere to Progressive thinkpro-object. Media folk throw garlands before celebrity elites. Their elites express consciencepro-object.
I call these adored people: golden calves.
Like the famous Biblical golden calf, these celebrities thrive on small ornaments donated by little people. Their tokens are melted and poured into liberal causes by Progressive clerics. Celebrities, especially celebrity politicians, are mouthpieces of Progressive Cults.
‘The unreal agape of the golden calves’ accompanies ‘the unreal loathing of the scapegoats’. The scapegoats are projections of thinkProgressive_TV‘s fevered imaginations.
The televisionaries love their gods and hate their fellow humans.]
07/1/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2AE-1
Summary of text [comment] page 72
[In the amusing (yet horrifying) parodies of Christianity that constitute today’s religions of Progressive television, the artistic depiction of unreal agape (as well as unreal eros) has reached spectacular heights.
When one watches any mainstream media newscast, one sees the vilification of innocent people. They are labeled thinkanti-object and conscienceanti-object. They are the scapegoats.]
06/30/16
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.2AD-3
[By the 2010s, the word ‘sin’ was replaced by ‘anti-object’ terms. These anti-object epithets are drained of traditional meaning. They are fully compliant with Progressive ideologies. They are not descriptions. They are political accusations. They are thinkanti-object.
Over the past 50 years, the old wineskins of familiar words have been emptied. The old wineskins have been filled with new definitions, powerful concoctions of ‘anti-knowledge’.
Orwell was right on this one.
Our language has been redefined.
The old wineskins are about to burst.]