tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17592795.post114934979140773306..comments2023-06-05T02:52:19.911-05:00Comments on So anyway...: Snakes and DovesRinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825557904007699185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17592795.post-1149544726051694372006-06-05T16:58:00.000-05:002006-06-05T16:58:00.000-05:00Thanks. I'm sure that's the right answer. I gues...Thanks. I'm sure that's the right answer. I guess I usually read "innocence" more broadly than freedom sin/guilt - to encompass more of the concept of "guileless," with "guile" being like the evil version of wisdom/cunning. They're prob still related, and that's the mystery-need-for-grace: to be wise/clever (without dishonesty or selfishness); to be innocent/clean (without ignorance, apathy or laziness). To have cunning without cutting. To be "like new" without (and here's the problem) being naive?Rinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825557904007699185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17592795.post-1149536924616894342006-06-05T14:48:00.000-05:002006-06-05T14:48:00.000-05:00I haven't got a fully worked out response or pract...I haven't got a fully worked out response or practical application, but I don't see wisdom and innocence (as freedom from sin/guilt) as the slightest bit opposed. In fact I think the opening chapters of Proverbs are meant to show just this--the necessity of the former for the latter.karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411063737098132074noreply@blogger.com