11/4/19

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 BAD

Summary of text [comment] page 88

[Or maybe, grace can directly influence the potential inherent in me.

The original Old Testament notion of the ‘flesh’ as opposed to the ‘blood and bones’ reminds me of this. The flesh may yearn for what is reflected in the mirror of the world. That yearning yields bondage.

But the blood and bones yearn for God. Their yearning is for freedom. They yearn for the warmth of the divine light. They yearn to stand before the Lord.]

10/30/19

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 BAA

Summary of text [comment] page 88

[At this point, I am ready to imagine how grace fits into the intersecting nested forms of the thought experiment where ‘I choose something’.

I am tempted to envision the gift of the Holy Spirit as indwelling in thirdness on the horizontal scale, ‘the thought experiment3H’.

The Holy Spirit parallels ‘the source and nature of the light3H’.]

10/29/19

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 ZZ

[Sovereign power, in the attempt to contextualize itself, reduces other possibilities.

In doing this, sovereign power increases risk.

Who cares if people appear different when they all think the same?

Well, the person who does not think the same cares.

The person who does not think the same faces increased risk.

Thinkmulticulturalism is thinkconformity.]

10/22/19

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 ZU

[The normal context3 brings what can be composed and decomposed2 into relation with a potential that cannot be composed or decomposed1.

The realm obeying the laws of exclusivity3 brings the realm that obeys the laws of non-contradiction2 into relation with the realm that is inclusive and allows contradictions1.

‘The mirror of the world3’ is rooted in the realm obeying the laws of exclusivity3.]