emancipation

Capitalism has brought about the emancipation of collective humanity with respect to nature. But this collective humanity has taken itself on with respect to the individual the oppressive function formerly exercised by nature.

Through a long historic process of understanding the world, Nature, Man and God, we have inadvertently transformed the process of unification into a process of separation. It is difficult to tell exactly when and where the switch happened, but I would begin to make my argument upon the fall of man in the Garden. What was once our harmonious encampment with God's creation is now an unbridgeable distance that can only be reunited first through our recognition of this distance, second through our awareness of the origin for this distance and lastly through our acceptance of what Christ did to bridge this infinite distance. Only then may we relinquish our oppression through the appearance of oppressiveness, and only then may our struggle for 'emancipation' be a struggle for slavery to righteousness. We got it all backwards.

Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. (1 Peter 2:13-18)