I accept this idea of being a being. And thinking of that in the terms of Christianity God said I am the I am. And he sent himself to this world in the form of a man for us to have something to strive to be. So if we are to be like God we are to be like Jesus ergo I am, to be, being. Any other label we put on ourselves therefore is as you say maybe a culturally human thing which human is fault. I wouldn't go so far to say it is a sinful something that should be dashed away from self but nearly recognized the necessity to say we each are I am I can get on board with. Thank you for the compelling and interesting thought processes in this work.
I think to many time people get caught up in what they believe they are and get stuck into thinking that this is something that they cannot change or cannot be changed. You are correct it is fluid and we move within the Christian concepts of how we should and shouldn’t act. This is one of the things that I have always said as a person who overcame such sinful desires if we allow ourselves to say that this is how we are and that we are born this way then we are stuck in this battle thinking that we cannot be changed because it is us. Like you said you can’t change that you are a human. But you can change that you are hungry. Knowing Christ allows you to have a new identity in Christ and you can change your desires away from that of sin. It is hard even Paul says that when he said I do what I do not want to do.
I accept this idea of being a being. And thinking of that in the terms of Christianity God said I am the I am. And he sent himself to this world in the form of a man for us to have something to strive to be. So if we are to be like God we are to be like Jesus ergo I am, to be, being. Any other label we put on ourselves therefore is as you say maybe a culturally human thing which human is fault. I wouldn't go so far to say it is a sinful something that should be dashed away from self but nearly recognized the necessity to say we each are I am I can get on board with. Thank you for the compelling and interesting thought processes in this work.
I think to many time people get caught up in what they believe they are and get stuck into thinking that this is something that they cannot change or cannot be changed. You are correct it is fluid and we move within the Christian concepts of how we should and shouldn’t act. This is one of the things that I have always said as a person who overcame such sinful desires if we allow ourselves to say that this is how we are and that we are born this way then we are stuck in this battle thinking that we cannot be changed because it is us. Like you said you can’t change that you are a human. But you can change that you are hungry. Knowing Christ allows you to have a new identity in Christ and you can change your desires away from that of sin. It is hard even Paul says that when he said I do what I do not want to do.
Great post!
Yes!!! This is good theology!