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.]

07/16/18

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.]

07/12/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 NF

[There are three types of infrasovereign religions:

  1. The first could grasp for sovereign power (religioninfrasov) but does not because of its own internal rules (and devotion to a religionsuprasov). These could transition to point 2 by getting around the rules.
  2. The second grasps for sovereign power in order to impose its objectsorganization on all sovereign subjects (religioninfrasov).
  3. The third imposes it objectsorganization, because it belongs an alliance that has grasped sovereign power (religionsov or (infra)sovereign religion).]