(March 2, 2016 at 7:03 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You're investing those "sins" with what they do not contain or refer to, and providing them with irrelevant justification for existence. They have nothing to do with subverting our will, either theologically or in actuality...they're about pleasing god/church and escaping the flames. Our will itself, is fallen in that context, and we cannot help but to feed that fallen nature..subversion is a non-issue. Following our un-subverted will is precisely why we are damned from the cradle.
Take gluttony. People who are 400lbs know they are overweight. Are they likely to stop overeating? No. So they are aware of a better way to behave, but are in a position in which they will not engage in that better behavior.
