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Old 05-24-2008, 09:58 PM
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As far as the problems in the PCA I do believe they emerge from many of the same problems that hit our culture. Thanks to the powerful work of the Existentialists and the Romantics there has been a great emergence of the self and especially the interrogatory autonomy of the self that places self above the group in such a way that the group is no longer the driving force in the relationship. In other words the autonomous self is given power that it never had before in such a manner hat does not allow the individual to be convicted of the power and authority given to the body to make decisions and for lack of a better word control the life of the individual. I for one am a believer in the fact that democracy is dangerous and outright damaging within the context of the body of Christ.
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