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 %PRAY IN CHRIST'S NAME SPIRIT ATTITUDES FELLOWSHIP+941003
%ADDICTIVE DEADLY PREOCCUPATION WORD SOUNDS CONTROL+941003
 %SOUNDS WORDS POINT SYMBOL LANGUAGE REPRESENT TRUE 941003

     For  centuries  people  have  gathered  "in  Christ's
name", but in two contrasting ways.

     Some  people  are compulsively preoccupied  with  the
sounds  which  pass from people's lips when they  speak  a
word which points to a particular historic person.    They
alienate themselves (with arrogant  and even violent self-
righteousness)  from  those  people  who  do  not  conform
themselves to a prescribed way of passing such sounds from
their lips on specified occasions.  These people gather in
exclusive   fellowships  which  are  defined  by  who   is
excluded.

     Other people gather together in inclusive fellowships
which  demonstrate  in a loving way the healing  attitudes
and creative spirit to which the birth,  life and death of
a  historic person point.   They seek to resolve conflicts
through forgiveness,  reconciliation and the acceptance of
all  who will come into open and honest dialogue with them
about  their own experiences and beliefs.   They work with
Inclusive    Holy   Spirit   to   minimize   estrangement,
alienation,   misunderstanding,  ignorance,  conflict  and
violence.    They  know  the  roots  of  evil,   and  work
charitably  to  deprive the roots of  evil  of  alienative
nourishment.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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