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   %RELIGIOUS LEADER CONTROL MEANS SALVATION SYSTEM 910301

     Religious  leaders  and  their  followers  have often
fallen  into  the trap of believing that such leaders  can
control the  means  to  salvation.   Rituals,     prayers,
liturgy,  doctrine  and  the  like  have been  viewed   as
means  to salvation.   Those  who have had the most to do
with  such matters  have  been regarded as being in charge
of  them;  i.e.,  in control of them,  able to use them to
save   some  people and withhold  salvation  from  others.
Such    confusion   and    beliefs   about   control   are
characteristic  of   addicts.   Acquiescence    to    such
confusion     and     control     is  characteristic    of
codependent   supporters   of   addicts.  Clarifying   the
nature   of salvation  and  recovery  from  addiction  and
codependence  is  the  work of God as Love,   and  is  not
preoccupied with technical means or their control.

     True  religious  leaders   of   integrity  will  help
their followers   understand  the  role  which   addiction
and   codependence    have   played   in   the   life   of
religious institutions.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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