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| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_89#89:10._FORGIVENESS_OF_SIN 89:10.2] [[Sin]] must be redefined as [[deliberate]] disloyalty to [[Deity]]. There are [[degrees]] of disloyalty: the partial [[loyalty]] of indecision; the divided loyalty of [[conflict]]ion; the dying loyalty of [[Apathy|indifference]]; and the [[death]] of loyalty [[exhibited]] in [[devotion]] to godless [[ideals]]. |
| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_91#91:9._CONDITIONS_OF_EFFECTIVE_PRAYER 91:9.5] You must make a wholehearted [[choice]] of the [[divine]] will. You must obliterate the dead [[center]] of indecision. |
[[Category: Psychology]] | [[Category: Psychology]] | ||
Revision as of 22:52, 12 December 2020
Origin
Latin vacillāt-, participial stem of vacillāre to sway, stagger, totter, etc., whence also French vaciller (1314), Italian vacillare, Portuguese vacillar, Spanish vacilar
Definitions
- 1:a. To swing or sway unsteadily; to be in unstable equilibrium; to stagger.
- b. To vary; to hover doubtfully.
- c. To fluctuate; to produce varying results.
- 2: To alternate or waver between different opinions or courses of action.
- 3: inability to take a stand : irresolution, indecision
Quote
89:10.2 Sin must be redefined as deliberate disloyalty to Deity. There are degrees of disloyalty: the partial loyalty of indecision; the divided loyalty of confliction; the dying loyalty of indifference; and the death of loyalty exhibited in devotion to godless ideals.
91:9.5 You must make a wholehearted choice of the divine will. You must obliterate the dead center of indecision.
