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14 MAY 2006
Redemption, forgiveness and remission of sins
Forgiveness or remission of sins says it's not our fault. We didn't know any better. We can start over and do it right. Except we can't. We're still serious and will fall into the same pattern. We need something stronger.

Redemption means our seriousness is put to use and made funny. That's the powerful remedy required for our condition. Without changing ourselves, we can turn our seriousness from a negative to a positive.

One more element is required: faith. We are incapable of funniness by ourselves. But we believe we can be saved and become funny through some higher power bestowing its grace upon us.

As we follow this belief in our inept serious fashion a miracle occurs: we hear laughter. People are laughing at us! We're funny! Halleluia, we're saved! And the more serious we are, the more they laugh. Our original sin is no longer a liability but an asset.
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