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   %AVOID EVIL MISTAKE ERROR GUILT SHAME SEX TRAGIC+930118
   %FAILURE IDOLATRY ALIENATION RISK DIALOGUE DOUBT 930118

     If we are personally rejected for making mistakes, we
are  likely to be willing to make  great sacrifices in our
efforts  to  avoid making mistakes;   perhaps  making  the
avoidance  of  mistakes  our  ultimate  concern.   In  the
resulting idolatry we may seek to avoid:

     1.  Mistakes, by trying to take no risks.

     2.  Evil relationships, by avoiding getting involved
   in any personal relationships.

     3.  Disappointments, by avoiding any hopeful
   anticipations.

     4.  Doubts, by fanatical commitments to our
   absolute truths.

     5.  Subjective bias, through fanatical objectivity.

     6.  Sexual mistakes, through sexual ignorance and
   insensitivity.

     7.  Pride, through false humility.

     8.  Damnation, through compulsive concern regarding
   our own salvation as isolated individuals.

     9.  Communal rejection, through isolation from
   others.

    10.  Pain, through insensitivity.

     It  is  dangerous  for  members  of  a  community  to
excommunicate any  members of their community  for  making
mistakes.   The consequences of such excommunications  are
usually tragic.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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