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     The essence of evil is the promotion of estrangement,
alienation, mis-trust, misunderstanding. Behavior, ideals,
values,   goals,   and the like are evil if  they  promote
estrangement, alienation,  mis-trust, misunderstanding.  A
religion  engenders evil  if  it promotes    estrangement,
alienation,     mis-trust, misunderstanding.  God-talk and
religious  practices often lead to the  disintegration  of
communities and of the bonds  of  communication which bind
communities into coherent wholes.

     Religious doctrines and rituals are evil if they lead
believers and practitioners into estrangement, alienation,
mis-trust,  and misunderstanding;  into the disintegration
of bonds of communication.   A  doctrine or ritual may  be
regarded as "correct"  by all members of a community,  yet
be  evil by leading to the alienation of the community  of
believers  from  the  wider  community  within  which  the
community of believers must live. Consensus which leads to
personal and communal disintegration is evil consensus.

     When  scientific beliefs are placed beyond  conscious
examination and discussion,  they become the elements of a
non-scientific religion which is evil in that it leads  to
human  disintegration.    The  absence  of  discussion  of
scientific beliefs in formal graduate science education is
evidence of such  tendencies  towards human disintegration
in modern society.  Scientific successes do not constitute
contrary evidence, because scientific successes themselves
often lead to human disintegration; e.g.,   the scientific
arms  race  and  the  associated disintegrations of  human
relationships.
                                                                                                                               
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