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                       %EXCOMMUNICATIVE TERMINOLOGY 771022

     We    often    categorize   people    according    to
excommunicative terminology.   Those who belong in certain
categories are automatically excommunicated.  An essential
aspect    of   some   categories    is    excommunication.
Classification   into   such   categories  is   one   with
excommunication   ---   without  further  thought.    Such
classifications   give  consideration  to  only  the  most
superficial aspects of a person or the person's situation.
The existence of the terminology,  classification,  words,
vocabulary,   definitions,   etc.   often  occasion  their
excommunicative   usage.     The  terminology  makes   the
reality---including  the excommunications.  In the absence
of  the  terminology  there would not be the  occasion  to
execute the excommunications.

     Each culture has its own excommunicative terminology,
but   the  following  terms  have  often  been   included:
Adulterer,  fornicator,  homosexual,lesbians  masturbator,
drunkard,  thief,  murderer, prostitute, rapist,  infidel,
unbeliever,   gambler,   card  player,   smoker,   dancer,
pacifist,   militarist,   etc.   The  thoughtless  use  of
excommunicative terminology occasions sin,  the  condition
of  excommunication.    Classifying  people  according  to
technical  terminology is rarely a loving act,  and so  is
rarely  helpful.   So long as the terminology is respected
there  are respectable people who will thoughtlessly  make
us  of  it,  and excommunicate people who are in  need  of
love,  in need of being in communication.  Excommunication
does  not help them behave more responsibly,  and  knowing
into which  category  they can be fit does not help anyone
cope with their problems.

     These  considerations  suggest  the need  to  give  a
critical   look  at  the  us  respected   definitions   of
excommunicative terms.  The language we use may need to be
designed  differently---lest it lead us to act  foolishly.
We  can design it differently by the way we use the  terms
--- disavowing  excommunication   in  our  usage  so  that
excommunication  ceases  to  be an  automatic  implication
within  the term and its usage.    Such disavowal may well
be  most powerful if it takes non-verbal forms  concurrent
with the use of verbal terms.

                                                                                                                               
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