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  %PRAYER COERCION VIOLENT CONFORM EXPECT TRADITION+940401
  %SYSTEM TECHNIQUE REQUIRE TABOO PROHIBIT REGULATE 940401

    Prayers  are  NOT true and healthy to the extent  they
entail:

    COERCION     VIOLENCE     CONFORMITY     EXPECTATION

    SYSTEMATICS  TEACHNIQUES  REQUIREMENTS   TABOOS

    PROHIBITIONS REGULATIONS  ARROGANCE      CONTROL

on the  part  of  the  persons involved in any way  in the
praying.

    True  prayers  are not dishonest or coercive---nor are
they motivated by activities which  entail  dishonesty  or
coercion.    True  prayers are not techniques by which  to
manipulate  God  or  other  persons  with  good  or   evil
intentions or expectations.    Prayers which are dominated
by   systematic   techniques,    requirements,     taboos,
prohibitions,    regulations,   controls,    coercion   or
violence---are  not likely to be true prayers  leading  to
personal or communal integrity.

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