Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VK
[In the language of modernism, there is no difference between responsibility and words. Both create obligations.
In the language of postmodern scholasticism, they are mutually exclusive.]
05/13/19
05/10/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VJ
[The American language is on the verge. It will soon turn, upending not just modernism’s false dichotomy of ‘responsibility’ and ‘freedom’, but the whole system of differences.]
05/9/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VI
Summary of text [comment] pages 84 and 85
[The elixir of postmodern alchemy dissolves crystalline modernity.
Uncertainty replaces certainty.]
05/8/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VH
[Consider the thoughts that this piece of legislation has engendered.
Corporate media spew Progressive thinkpro-object while regulations remove freedom and responsibility from both providers and recipients.
Another name for a system without choice is a single payer system.]
05/7/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VG
[What is the meaning of each word?
Affordability is not determined by the consumer, but by a federal bureaucracy.
Care is not defined by the consumer, but by a faceless bureaucracy.
No one else is to be held responsible. No one else is to exercise freedom.
Our federal bureaucracy, who art in Washington, hallowed be thy name.]
05/6/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VF
[The term “words” points to a new plane of awareness.
Post-religious (enlightenment) religions alchemically fuse words to sin and thoughts to law.
Consider the misleading title of a purely Progressive law: The Affordable Care Act.
Each word misleads.]
05/3/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VE
Summary of text [comment] pages 84 and 85
[Ah, savor the postmodern alchemy of words.
Words stand in contrast to responsibilities. Yet, both are obligations.]
05/1/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VD
[But, aren’t obligations identical to responsibilities?
Yes and no.
Yes, responsibilities are obligations.
No, obligations are also identical to empty promises.]
04/30/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VC
[But, aren’t obligations identical to responsibilities?
Yes and no.
Yes, responsibilities are obligations.
No, obligations are also identical to empty promises.]
04/29/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 VB
[The modern opposition between ‘obligation’ and ‘exercises of the heart’ erodes.
Modern “freedom” is defined as the lack of responsibility.
This definition denies the pre-modern view that ‘’freedom’ was ‘the capacity to create and maintain responsibilities’.]