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              %SAVIOR CHRIST JESUS CRUCIFY RELIGION 930202

     If  salvation resides in some form of  conformity  it
seems  reasonable  to  expect  that people who  are  saved
through conformity will not be creative people.  They will
most likely be conformists.

     If  salvation  resides in some form of conformity  it
seems reasonable to expect that the people who have  eaten
of  the  fruit  of the tree of the knowledge of  good  and
evil,   and who know the most about the difference between
good  and evil people,  will be the people most likely  to
try  to  specify  the  form of conformity which  leads  to
salvation.   They  will  be in positions of power  through
which to  try to control conformal behavior on the part of
people  who  are seeking personal salvation through  their
guidance.

     People who are in positions to specify what forms  of
conformity  will lead to salvation, are people tempted  to
abuse their power through  various efforts to control  the
behaviors of people who trust them.  People with addictive
tendencies  are  likely to seek such positions  of  power.
People with codependent tendencies are likely to  seek  to
be in the service of such addictive leaders. Both kinds of
people  are likely to support each  other's  needs,   with
their  own complementary needs,  for the services  of  the
other  kind of people yet both kinds of people are similar
in many dishonest ways.

     We  will do well to note that there  is  overwhelming
evidence  that  Jesus of Nazareth was a non-conformist  in
both  teachings and behavior.  He did not show respect for
the  respected  religious leaders of his day.  He did  not
conform himself to their teachings or to the  expectations
of his culture. He did not seek salvation through any kind
of conformity. He did not offer salvation through any kind
of  conformity.  He offended conformists and was crucified
because he was not a conformist.  He threatened the  false
sense  of  security of the conformal leaders  of his  day.
This non-conformist is regarded as the means to salvation,
the  Christ,  the Son of the Living God,  by many peoples.
Yet many Christians are confused,  and act as if the means
to  salvation is some form of religious conformity.   This
confusion  seems  to  be  related  to  the  lack  of  many
Christians who do not understand the nature of the hell in
which addicts and their codependent supporters suffer many
untold  miseries.   They have forgotten the nature of  the
life which Jesus lived before he was crucified.  They have
forgotten that  Jesus  of  Nazareth  was  a non-conformist
through and through,  and did not  ask his followers to be
conformists;  but rather asked them  to follow in his way.
We cannot truly follow in his way without ourselves  being
non-conformists!
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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