Subject: HAB: Re: Left in division (does Habermas have a solution?)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:55:12 -0800



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From: Thomas McDonald <mcdonald928-AT-yahoo.com>
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Subject: HAB: Left in division (does Habermas have a solution?)
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> "Something was lost when sin became guilt."
> -Jurgen Habermas

Where can I find this quote? It is either remarkably out of context or
Habermas has lost his mind. Sin describes a breakdown in human relations,
and guilt is the experience of this breakdown and the awareness of
responsibility for it. The idea that something gets lost implies that one
shouldn't feel guilty when relationships break down, which would mean that
one doesn't need to take responsibility for sin! This runs counter to almost
everything else Habermas has written.

ken



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