[NeitherFirstnorLast]

Originally Posted by cityonahill

"To be sure it is usually said that sin in its original form is man’s wanting to be as God. But that is only one side of sin. The other side of such pride is hopelessness, resignation, inertia and melancholy…. Temptation then consists (of) not so much in the titanic desire to be as God, but in weakness, timidity, weariness, not wanting to be what God requires of us."
-Jurgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope

That is a profound insight, and I am glad you shared it.