Summary of text [comment] pages 83 and 84
Schoonenberg writes that, when the Son of God invites us to the service of the Father, that service will have a liberating character. We are redeemed. We are free from that other servitude that may be called “bondage”.
Summary of text [comment] page 83
Schoonenberg wrote that we exercise freedom in serving either God or Satan.
[Now, let me consider Satan in the guise of an (infra)sovereign religion and how it plays into ‘the thought experiment where ‘I choose something’‘.]
[Progressive values1b are supposed to underlie our choices2b.
There should be no contradictions, when values1b align with desire1a.
Our choices2b touch base with Schoonenberg’s use of the word “service3b”.
Some value1b must be worth serving3b.]
Schoonenberg wrote that we exercise freedom in serving either God or Satan.
[How is the mirror of the world3H to blame?
It is filled with blame.
Blame within the mirror of the world3H offers an alternate to responsibility and freedom.
Blame within the mirror of the world3H offers words and bondage.
There is an element of truth to the blame game.
This may be why Schoonenberg hopes to conceive of Original Sin as the sinfulness of social structures.]
Summary of text [comment] page 83
Schoonenberg wrote that we exercise freedom in serving either God or Satan.
[The previous figure complements Schoonenberg’s view.
How?
Well, it provides an excuse.
IF the thought experiment3H regulates the following:
I, seat of choice3V( my choice and something2 ( potentials of something of value1V))
AND IF I, seat of choice3V does not serve God,
THEN the mirror of the world3H is to blame.]
[How does this resonate with Schoonenberg’s claim that we have the freedom to serve God or Satan?
Freedom goes with both the potential of the person1a plus an actuality, the something contextualized by the thought experiment2a.
The thought experiment3a reflects illumination by social elites (or, in general, the Zeitgeist).]
