Posted by Woody on January 24, 19101 at 18:29:12:
In Reply to: Re: Christ OS and upgrades: a developmental process posted by Philoman on January 24, 19101 at 17:54:09:
I wrote: "would they receive PxOS upgrades incrementally in your paradigm?" and Philo responded:I see where you're going, and I suppose the analogy limps most in that it seems that there's a never-ending process of OS and software upgrades, while with Christ there are no further upgrades. How do you go beyond resurrection and eternal life? So, let that paradigmatic limitation be acknowledged, while affirming how it provides a metaphor for understanding how the human can become incorporated into the Christic, and, yes, with it, all the various peripherals connected with our consciousness as well.
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As you might expect, I could feel this "limitation" coming, myself, but then thought in these terms. There is, of course, one operating system, PxOS, involved in our ontological upgrade.
Now, think in terms of justification, sanctification and glorification, or, if you prefer, of the purgative way, the illuminative way and the unitive way. Acknowledging these gross oversimplifications of the spiritual journey and being aware, too, of the caveats about "stage theories", in general, in both psychology and spirituality, still, growth and development are too big a part of our journeys, biologically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually (even ecclesially, as the Church, the People of God) to be ignored.
Now think of the Incarnation and the justification, the one time event when PxOS became available on the market as *freeware*. Perfectly self-contained and fully functional in every regard, it was made available in different versions, all versions providing resurrection, but each version tailored to each hardware/software/peripheral/firmware environment, an environment constantly undergoing upgrades --- more RAM; higher CPU mhz/processing speed; more storage space and new devices (hard drives, floppies, zip disks, CD-RW, DVD, etc); bigger monitors and better pixelation, brighter colors; enhanced application software programs; greater connectivity and broader bandwidth; etc
With each upgrade of the total computer environment, one gets a free download of the most powerful release of PxOS Freeware. Again, the freeware is there, available, once and for all, when justification was accomplished.
Our sanctification is ongoing and our downloading of the corresponding enhanced versions of PxOS freeware require our ongoing cooperation. All of the PxOS freeware versions are out there, always available, always free, always developmentally-appropriate.
And, best of all, it's scalable!
peace,
Woody - who's willing to backtrack and except the limitation for argument's sake and paradigm integrity