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%IMPORTANCE DIFFERENCE FALSE TRUE RELIGION PRETENSE 911222

     It  is  important for individuals and communities  to
recognize   and   talk  openly  and  honestly  about   the
differences between false religion and true religion.

     In  false  religion people  pretend to  know  and  be
certain in order to conceal their insecurity.  They do not
distinguish between facts and assumptions, between beliefs
and wishes, between reality and appearances.  They pretend
that they have not made assumptions in terms of which they
perceive  reality,   and  think  that  their   perceptions
correspond to how reality is apart from their perceptions.
They  deny  the key role that they as  persons  and  their
choices  make in determining their perceptions of reality.
They  "objectify"  their perceptions and fail to own their
role  in  making  choices which lead them  to  have  their
perceptions in the way which they do.

     In true religion, people do not engage in pretense to
conceal their insecurity.   They openly and honestly share
their insecurity in contexts in which all participants are
free to be vulnerable; and so are secure in spite of their
personal imperfections, uncertainties, and insecurity.  In
true   religion,    people  are  open  and  honest   about
uncertainties,    ambiguities,    paradoxes,    mysteries,
mistakes,    and  imperfections.    True  religion   helps
believers  to create secure contexts in which  people  are
free   to  be  vulnerable  as  accepted  members  of   the
community,  who are not under threat of rejection from the
community.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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