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%ROOTS DISINTEGRATION CONFLICT VIOLENCE EVIL RELATE+940304
%PARADIGM IDEAL VALUE DOCTRINE SCRIPTURE TECHNOLOGY 940304

     When seeking to identify the roots of disintegration,
conflict,  violence,  and evil relationships we often need
to look in places where we are not inclined to look.   The
roots    may    be   found   with  our   most    cherished
paradigms,   ideals,  values,  doctrines,  scriptures  and
technologies.   The   roots may in fact be rooted  in  our
respected  worship   of   idols  which do  not  merit  our
ultimate concern and adoration.

     Our  most  cherished  paradigms,   ideals,    values,
doctrines,   scriptures  and technologies may in  fact  be
motivating and leading us into conflict,  violence,   evil
relationships;  and so into the disintegration of whatever
personal and communal  integrity  we  may  have.   Extreme
fundamentalists  who  are selective in  what  fundamentals
they   fix  upon  as  the  grounds  for  their  ostensible
superiority  relative to their enemies---often  illustrate
the point being made here.   Extreme fundamentalists often
promote misunderstanding, evil relationships, conflict and
violence---as  means   to   the   demonstration  of  their
claimed superiority over others  whom they  fear and treat
as enemies.     They  are   often  driven by fear,  rather
than motivated and guided by love.

     Not  all  extreme  fundamentalists are  religious  in
nature.   They may be active in political,  scientific and
technological    organizations;     as    well  as  within
religious organizations.   Wherever they may be found they
often  are  motivated  and lead by  unbalanced  paradigms,
ideals,  values, doctrines,   scriptures and technologies.
They  are  usually  lacking in respect  for  personal  and
communal integrity  as realities  of great importance, and
so  are   not   committed   to promoting both personal and
communal integrity.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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