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%REPENTANT JUDGES 780208
A person who traditionally resides at either extreme
of the two-culture dichotomy will occasionally depart from
their traditional pole of the dichotomy and sojourn in the
ways of the other pole. Such a sojourn is not likely to
be one of full integrity because the wayfarer is
unfamiliar with the ways of the complementary pole of the
dichotomy---and carries many of the deeply rooted
exclusive values of the other pole. Upon returning to the
native pole of the dichotomy such a wayfarer is bound to
again take up the exclusive values of the native pole and
look with judgment upon the sojourn---and experience
guilt.
The dichotomous prodigal is likely to face a
dichotomous choice: repent and rededicate self to the
exclusive values of the native pole, or rebel and
repudiate the exclusive values of the native pole. The
latter usually appears the more risky because of the
cultural context of the native pole and the unknown
ambiguities of the complementary pole. Thus, usually the
repentance route is chosen and a way sought to expiate the
sense of guilt. The most readily available way to expiate
the sense of guilt is to repudiate the sojourn and all
others who have been so foolish, weak, evil, misguided,
rebellious as to be such a wayfarer; the repentant
wayfarer thus becomes a stern judge of other wayfarers---
and so contributes to the maintenance of the collusions
of the dichotomous pole. The more severe the sense of the
guilt, the more severe the judgments likely to be
occasioned by that guilt.
In the nature of the procedures of such a repentant
judge there will be excommunicative messages conveyed by
various channels of communication. The wayfarers are
excommunicated for seeking to integrate the two
dichotomous poles, and so sin abounds to occasion many
sins which cannot be corrected by technical procedures
devised at either dichotomous pole. Judicial procedures
are inadequate to cope with such a devilish situation---
for the situation is occasioned by misguided efforts to
correct it. The counter-productive nature of the
understanding of the situation must be revealed, else
there is no exit.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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