When people argue that they are not personally responsible for the sins of a group (whether nation, church, or family), we should ask what they mean by "responsible for."
B/c there is a world of difference btwn
1) The individual is not personally guilty of specific sins w/in the group
and
2) The individual is responsible to understand, identify, acknowledge, resist, & rectify those sins that prevailing group dynamics permit & enable.
1) The individual is not personally guilty of specific sins w/in the group
and
2) The individual is responsible to understand, identify, acknowledge, resist, & rectify those sins that prevailing group dynamics permit & enable.
It seems to me that too many of us use the first as an excuse to not take responsibility for the second.
These are different categories entirely. The first is a sin of commission while the second is a sin of ommission. Failure to act when we should act. Failure to resist when we should resist. Failure to be salt & light.
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