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%ASSESS EVALUATE RELIGIOUS LEADER TEACH ASSERT TELL+940525
%PROPHET TRUTH DESCRIBE COMMAND CONTROL ADDICT EVIL 940525

    It  is difficult to asses the  truth-and-integrity  of
the teachings-and-commandments  of  religious-leaders-and-
prophets;  for the truth-and-integrity of their teachings-
and-commandments   depend  as  much  upon  how  they   are
received-and-responded-to,  as the truth-and-integrity  of
their  teachings  depend  upon  how  their  teachings-and-
commandments are formulated and delivered.

    Truth-and-integrity   depend  up  reception  and  wise
response,  as well  as  upon inherent  aspects  apart from
reception-and-wise-response.    Teachings-and-commandments
can   be  received-and-responded-to  in  ways  which   are
contradictory   to  what  was  intended  by  the  original
teaching   leader.    Thus  the   truth-and-integrity   of
teachings-and-commandments are wrapped  up in how they are
received-and-responded-to,    and  cannot  truthfully   be
assessed apart from how they  are  received-and-responded-
to.

    Reflexive    teachings-and-commandments   cannot    be
assessed honestly and meaningfully----while  the assessors
are  pretending  that  the  teaching-and-commandments  are
objective   realities  from which  the  assessors can back
away  and  analyze;   as  if the assessors has no personal
interest in the outcome of their assessments.

    In the above the word "they" and "their" are sometimes
ambiguous  and  consideration  needs to be  given  to  the
truth-and-integrity  of  the statements for each  possible
way  in  which the words may be taken individually  or  in
combinations.

    It  is  helpful to note that no number of  "successes"
achieved and assessed within the "objective"  paradigms of
scientists  and  technocrats can validate  the  truth-and-
integrity of those paradigms.  The valid assessment of the
truth-and-integrity of a paradigm must be conducted within
a   meta-paradigm  which  transcends  the  paradigm  whose
truth-and-integrity   are   to  be  assessed.    This   is
particularly important  to note when assessing the  truth-
and-integrity   of  paradigms  which  are   focused   upon
manipulations  and control;  for truths can be manipulated
to  conceal  them and anything  which might   reveal   the
repressed  truths  which  would  otherwise  undermine  the
credibility of the paradigm. The apparent "successes" of a
paradigm in passing tests for truth-and-integrity can well
be the result  of  successful  manipulations  of criteria,
assumptions,    attitudes,   beliefs,   evidence,   logic,
pointers, symbols, words, and people.

    Any wise, open and honest assessment of the truth-and-
integrity of the  teachings-and-commandments of religious-
leaders-and-prophets, and  of  their paradigms,  will take
due  note of all that the above observations point to  and
suggest.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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