Category Archives: Our current Lebenswelt is not the Lebenswelt that we evolved in

Human psychology evolved under in the social milieu of constrained complexity. Currently, humans live in unconstrained complexity. What has this done to our minds? These topics are addressed in various parts of An Archaeology of the Fall, particularly in chapters 8C and 11B.

06/27/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 MV

Summary of text [comment] page 83

Schoonenberg wrote that we exercise freedom in serving either God or Satan.

[The claim, “I am not responsible.”, touches base with the modern definition of the word “freedom” as lack of obligations, especially impositions by family, tribe and religious cultural institutions.

The irony is that this assertion, rather than achieving a lack of obligations, merely transfers one’s obligations to institutions that declare themselves to be responsible.

How clever the Progressives can be.]

06/20/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 MQ

[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.]

06/19/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 MP

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.]

06/12/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 MK

[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).]

06/5/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 MF

[In the above examples, what do I desire?

I want to get along.

Therefore, the elites must never be satisfied with me.

They will always be morally superior in order to force me to pretend to desire things that I would never would desire on my own.

I desire to be left alone.

What I do to accomplish that desire validates the values that valorize elite moral superiority.]