A friend says: I think if a society DOES NOT obsess over sin and depravity… then that leaves it vulnerable to the allure of idols. It\u2019s only when you think less about good and evil than Hawthorne and the Puritans that you start to believe there might be individuals who are better than you \u2014 \u201cgood\u201d people \u2014 celebrities, politicians. But there aren\u2019t. No one should be in charge more than me. They\u2019re not better. All men are gods. Guessing Orthodox Judaism is less prone to idol worship (in the form of persons) than Hollywood worshiping reform or atheist Jews.<\/p>\n
Like when I hear Marc Maron fawn over President Obama, that\u2019s grotesque to me. I don\u2019t think anyone deserves that level of moral prostration. Trying to argue the upside of an obsession with sin. Even Obama would be there at Young Goodman Brown\u2019s black mass.<\/p>\n
Men worship the category \u201cwomen\u201d only when they assume women are more moral. And this worship gives women power. Same with Christians and Jews. Christians will only give Jews power if they worship Jews\u2014and they\u2019ll only worship Jews IF they think Jews are more moral.<\/p>\n
So a person either focuses on sin and depravity or he is prone to hero worship and clings to one false prophet after another.<\/p>\n
>>Japs seem to be doing ok without sin obsession.<\/p>\n
You said there was no Illuminati level depravity in the SDA Church\u2014nothing as bad as in Orthodox Judaism or Catholicism. But couldn\u2019t that be *because* they obsess about sin? It makes them less prone to sin.<\/p>\n
Hmm. Japs. Good question. Maybe it\u2019s cuz they\u2019re more communal… shame as opposed to guilt. Honor is not lost upon committing a sin. In Christianity, honor is beyond the reach of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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