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Chaos Fallness and the Illusion of Autonomy
« Thread Started on May 22, 2007, 2:21am »

I can tell you from personal experience that I am an unmanageable entity. I often feel as though I am an utterly chaotic compilation of urges and petty pains. What I want today I forget tomorrow. What I think I know now, the next moment I reject (if it is my own thought--though whether something can really be my thought and mine alone I‘m not sure). I am unmanageable as far as I cannot manage myself. It is conceivable that God could manage me (when I say conceivable I don’t mean that I am able to conceive of this really but only that I believe Jesus is my Shepard). What then is my responsibility?
Humans (some more than others, but all in one way or another) seem to compartmentalize everything. Here are two, not mutually exclusive, possible explanations:
1.We are logical creatures who create categories because we are image bearers of God, who is logical.
2.We create categories for the express purpose of managing God’s world through his power.
Now, I am not one of the humans who is more inclined to create categories (in fact I derive a certain pleasure from annihilating categories--which is a dangerous activity though sometimes I think necessary), however, I recognize that I still create categories. I compartmentalize.
Work
Home
School
These are different categories, or:
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Family
Professors
These are some examples of categories that I maintain in order to accomplish…something. I am logical, and so developing appropriate responses in different contexts according to logically defined relationships seems appropriate. But if I define these relationships (as a changing and chaotic person) how can I be sure that they are good categories? Should I annihilate all categories and give up on managing? Is that the nature of authenticity--a kind of social anarchy (I do not intend here for anarchy to have any political implications, or negative connotations)?
Perhaps the fallen nature of my perceived activity looks something like this:
1. We are logical fallen creatures who create categories because we are image bearers of God, who is logical,

proceeding from the false premise that…

2. We are able, apart from God, to manage our world logically.

After reading this, I’m sure that at least my statement that I am a chaotic entity will go unchallenged. But I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the seemingly ever expanding compartmentalization in our culture and how this relates to falleness or the illusion of autonomy.

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