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      %EXPERIENCE THREAT ALIENATION EXCOMMUNICATION+930221
 %SALVATION CONFORM ULTIMATE CONCERN CONFLICT MEANS 930221

     So  long as religious leaders believe that  salvation
resides in some form of conformity they are bound to be in
conflict  with each other over which form of conformity is
required.  Because  concerns  about salvation are ultimate
concerns,  conflicts  over  which  form  of conformity  is
essential  for  salvation  are  likely  to  escalate  into
ultimate   conflicts   in  which   ultimate   weapons   of
destruction are readied for use against  the agents of the
devil.

     Proponents of differing kinds of conformity are bound
to  try  to  conform  each other  to  their  own  kind  of
conformity. One cannot have ultimate respect for one's own
kind  of  conformity  in the face of people  of  integrity
living meaningful lives while not conforming to one's  own
kind  of conformity.  Such integrity is a threat to  one's
own respect for one's own kind of conformity.  Thus  means
must  be found to produce one's own kind of conformity  in
people  of integrity.  Because conformity is the  ultimate
concern,  the sacrifice of personal and communal integrity
is not a matter for concern.

     People  who  believe that salvation resides  in  some
form    of   conformity   do  not  find   their   expected
fulfillment  in   their   various   forms  of  conformity.
This   engenders doubts  about their forms  of  salvation,
and  insecurity  in  those   doubts.    Their   insecurity
engenders   defensiveness,  heightened   protestations  of
confidence,   and requirements of  recitations  of  belief
in  the prescribed  means  to salvation.    Conformity  as
a  means  to   salvation   invites  efforts  by  addictive
leaders   to   control   people's   thoughts,    feelings,
experiences,  perceptions, and communication.  In the face
of    such   efforts   it  is  difficult   for  people  of
integrity to be true to themselves and to each other.

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