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Our central problem is not sin and guilt, as it is within the monarchical model. For the Spirit model, our central problem is __strangement,_ whose specific meaning of __eparated from that to which one belongs_ is most appropriate. ... For the monarchical model, sin is primarily disloyalty to the king, seen especially as disobedience to his laws. The metaphors used to express the Spirit model suggest something else. For the metaphor of God as lover, sin is unfaithfulness__hat is, sin is going after other lovers.
Marcus J. Borg The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith
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Our central problem is not sin and guilt, as it is within the monarchical model. For the Spirit model, our central problem is __strangement,_ whose specific meaning of __eparated from that to which one belongs_ is most appropriate. ... For the monarchical model, sin is primarily disloyalty to the king, seen especially as disobedience to his laws. The metaphors used to express the Spirit model suggest something else. For the metaphor of God as lover, sin is unfaithfulness__hat is, sin is going after other lovers.
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The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith

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