Violence is a "Sin"!

By Rev. Renaldo C. McKenzie, M.Phil, M.A, Doctoral Candidate

Violence that seeks to do any type of physical harm is a "sin". It's an attack against the highest ethic and command: The right to life/thou shalt not kill! Nowadays, we refer to this break from the will of God as unethical or immoral; in sacred terms, the actors are sinners or using the "profanus", amoral.

Physical harm is a type of violence that threatens the -sanctity & rights to life. It's an attack against life and The Ultimate (God, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, I, The Divine, Essence of Life).

Therefore no physical violence is acceptable. This extends to the activities of war, brawls, domestic violence, corrupt capitalism or business practices leading to starvation, poverty and death, terrorism, systemic brutality such as murder, aggressive assaults, #policebrutality, #suicide and Suicide bombings, genocide, withholding care or causing the need for care leading to death, and even abortion, which may be seen as thwarting and subverting nature and the progression of life that is Divine.

(Note: Sacer (sacred) v Profane (Profanus), the sacred and profane, religious or irreligious is part of Liberal Studies Foundations at Georgetown University, exploring the foundations of Knowledge which will be part of Neoliberalism book 3 by Renaldo McKenzie out in 2026). The sacred now refers to the Sanctimonious and the profane we now call secular to provide a designation in society based on one's divine affiliations.

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Blog Submitted 12.19.2023 by Renaldo C. McKenzie

Rev. Renaldo McKenzie is the author of The Neoliberalism book series, Adjunct Professor at Jamaica Theological Seminary, President of The NeoLiberal Corporation (The NeoLiberal), Creator and Host of The NeoLiberal Round Podcast and YouTube Channel and Doctoral Candidate at Georgetown University. Renaldo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Liberal Studies and then later a Master of Philosophy. He also studied Philosophy at University of West Indies, Mona and graduated from The Jamaica Theological Seminary with a Bachelors in Theology and Psychology. Renaldo was ordained to the Ministry of Sacrament and Word in 2005 by The Synod of The United Church in Jamaica and Cayman Islands.

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