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🧵: There are many reasons why I think adding #contemplativePractices to Christianity is important.
But the main one is that the reason why we sin is often less about what we actively do
and more about the precursors to sin that we’re not self-aware enough to detect.
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But the main one is that the reason why we sin is often less about what we actively do
and more about the precursors to sin that we’re not self-aware enough to detect.
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.Now, you may be wincing at the word "sin" and I think that's fair (I wrestle with it myself).
But for the sake of this 🧵, "sin" describes behavior that harms/dishonors the dignity of another person according to God's perfect imagination for wholeness between all things.
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But for the sake of this 🧵, "sin" describes behavior that harms/dishonors the dignity of another person according to God's perfect imagination for wholeness between all things.
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.So much of the sin or 'falling-short-of-God's-perfect-imagination-for-cosmic-wholeness' that we do
happens because we're unfamiliar with the sensations within ourselves that precede the harm we do to others.
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happens because we're unfamiliar with the sensations within ourselves that precede the harm we do to others.
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