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%COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT SIN 771228
Sin is the condition of blocked communication, of
estrangement. For this reason there are few existential
communications about sin; i.e., about the personal
experience of sin, communication between sinners (people
whose communication is blocked) is rare. Instead of
communicating in authentic dialogue, sinners tend to react
to each other as objects, and treat each other as subjects
of objective experimentation and analysis. The focus of
their attention is the behavior which is occasioned by
sin, not the existential experience of sin. Thus, sinners
tend not to be emotionally honest with each other. Sin
blocks emotionally honest dialogue. Sinners do not know
each other emotionally, because they do not share their
emotional experiences. They tend, rather, to develop
manipulative coping mechanisms to deal with the objective
behavior which is occasioned by mutual ignorance of each
other's emotional experiences. The coping mechanisms are
futile so long as the emotional ignorance is maintained by
sin. In fact, the common coping mechanisms tend to promote
sin.
Sin is not cured by coping mechanisms such as:
legalism, moralism, authoritarianism, discipline,
scientism, technocracy, mysticism, capitalism, communism,
socialism, extremism, modernism, futurism, conservatism,
liberalism, etc. Sin is cure by promoting gradually more
open dialogue about uniquely personal: experiences,
emotions, desires, shame, guilt, fear, tension, hopes,
aspirations, visions, fantasies, expectations, feelings,
confusions, clarifications, etc. Sin is cured by
promoting personal honesty about what is unique to each of
us---our personal experiences.
Sin is not cured by promoting any kind of conformity
which blocks personal honesty about what is unique to each
of us. Requirements of conformity block communications
regarding our nonconformity---which is an essential aspect
of our uniqueness. Thus requirements of conformity to
"good" standards of behavior are a major factor in
promoting sin. "Good" people become alienated from "evil"
people --- and in their emotional ignorance of each other
they hurt each other. Reconciliation comes through
ultimately valuing honest emotional dialogue.
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