Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NQ
07/26/18
Category Archives: Defining Religion
07/25/18
07/24/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NO
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[What happens to the tobacco smoker?
The mirror of the world (including the progressive regulatory zeitgeist)3a no longer allows value1b to coincide with desire1a.
The following diagram shows the interscope restricted to sensible construction (a two-level interscope.
The next diagram shows the intersection, occurring under the influence of the thinkpro-object of citizen health.]
07/23/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NM
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[The previous blog is speculation that must be dismissed out of hand.
Why?
Anyone proposing such an idea is for smoking and therefore promotes anti-healthy lifestyles.
Anyone proposing such an idea is thinkanti-object.
Thinkanti-object forces participants into the mode of sensible construction, so the overlying social construction is assumed and remains unquestioned.
Citizen health takes priority over psychological speculation.]
07/20/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NL
[Modern society is full of negative moments. People compete for the stupid advantages. People position themselves against others. There is plenty of fodder for fulmination. Then negative thoughts spawn other negative thoughts.
Many people are prone to repetitious negative thoughts.
The ritual of smoking a cigarette would break the cycle.
Individuals became addicted, not to the nicotine, but to release from patterns of repetitious negative thoughts.
Smoking is cathartic.]
07/19/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NK
[Smoking a tobacco cigarette is a personal ritual that some people find comfort in.
The ritual is not “religious” to the extent that it lacks presence (relation to the sovereign) and carries no message.
Smoking has one notable effect. It stops cycles of negative thoughts.
This relaxing ritual breaks negative-thought obsession.]
07/18/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NJ
[Smoking tobacco cigarettes invites health problems.
No one should smoke tobacco cigarettes.
So why would anyone desire to smoke?
The element of desire is not so obvious and is nonsensical.]
07/17/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NI
Summary of text [comment] page 83
[Each sovereigninfra demands ‘something2a’.
Often, this is a prohibition.
For example, smoking tobacco cigarettes was rendered taboo in the 1990s.
A health-minded sovereigninfra decreed, “The subject shall not smoke cigarettes.”
I want to explore this example because the elements of conversion are obvious and sensical.]
07/16/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NH
[The passage of an institution from point 1 to point 3 changes the message of the institution.
The message goes from conversion by persuasion (or example) to conversion by the sword.
All sovereigns have the sword, so why not use it?
If the objectorganization is so important that it must be imposed by sovereign power, it is important enough to worship as an idol.
Thus, sovereign religions veer towards idolatry.]
07/13/18
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NG
[Politics substitutes for religion, in the passage of an institution from point 1 to point 3.
Political machinations become a screen for religious convictions.
There is much to be said about this.
However, the topic is far from Schoonenberg’s text.]