Series: The Garden of Innocence
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Why Static Goodness of Innocence in Lack of Badness can be Overture to Corruption in the Garden of our Souls Ah, dear reader, you’ve returned, thank God! Let us contemplate a most curious paradox: that innocence, often hailed somehow as the purest form of goodness, is not actually goodness in itself. It is, rather, an…
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How Does the Static Become Dynamic Goodness? There is a seductive allure to the idea that innocence is synonymous with goodness. After all, what could be more virtuous than being free from sin? To be innocent is to be uncorrupted, untainted by the stains of wrongdoing. Yet this view misunderstands the nature of virtue itself.…
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Innocence in Misunderstanding Temptation’s Paradoxes Paradoxically, coming to understand temptation is one element in the humbling yet empowering recognition process of self through virtues earned in discourse. Without the discourse, this value is lost, however, because all must be funnelled through it for growth of emboldened progressive virtues. This process is lost for the majority…