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     Often  what  is done is not inherently  wrong,   bad,
evil,   etc.    It is not wrong to drink a cup of  tea  in
leisure and relaxation; but to so while your immediate and
dear  neighbor  could easily be saved by putting  the  tea
down  and lifting a ladder to the second story  window  of
his   burning  house  is  wrong.     Following   perverted
priorities  and  ideals  may be more wrong  than  actually
doing forbidden acts.

     Laws and moral codes tend to focus upon prohibitions,
saying  what must not be done.   Such prohibitions do  not
have the power to promote personal and communal integrity;
they  are barely safety nets to retard disintegration  due
to extremes of perverted behavior.  Negativisms can rarely
have genuinely positive results.

     The  promotion  of  personal and  communal  integrity
follows  only  from values,  ideals and desires which  are
integrative in nature; leading people to set priorities in
integrative ways.  Integrity flows from making appropriate
choices  among alternatives.   Disintegration  flows  from
neglecting  integrative  opportunities in  favor  or other
opportunities which are less integrative,  even though not
forbidden, illegal or obviously immoral.  It is not enough
to avoid the "no-noes".  Salvation is not enjoyed by being
innocent of crimes.  Salvation is enjoyed by people caught
up in integrative efforts.

     The  question is not what did you do that was  wrong.
The question is what did you do which would have been more
integrative?     Feeding  the  hungary.     Visiting   the
alienated.     Clothing  the  vulnerable  with   security.
Comforting the lonely.  The question has to do with missed
alternative  opportunities  which  would  have  been  more
integrative   than  the  alternatives  chosen.     It   is
impossible to fulfill all alternatives.  It is possible to
choose  integrative  alternatives  over  less  integrative
ones.
                                                                                                                               
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