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Christianity and the Cult of Innocence

Learning How to See with Brian McLaren

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The Separation of the Mystical Body of Christ

The cult of innocence is that separation, that disembodiment from the mystical body of christ. It seems to me you're no longer connected to the whole with all its insecurities and and a entire being. And this contrasts so much with the whole image of incarnation. Incarnation is about god being identified with the whole, and where it's ugly, that identification brings beauty. But so much in us wants to separate and be superior and innocent and pure and all the rest.

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