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 %GOD NOT REVENGEFUL PUNITIVE ADDICTIVE CODEPENDENT 950129

     People who are vengeful,  punitive,  addictive and/or
codependent  often offer images of God conceived in  their
own likeness.  Their images of God offer no more hope than
they do to those nearest and dearest to them.  Such people
do not learn  from their own mistakes  because they cannot
honestly  acknowledge  their  own mistakes.    They cannot
acknowledge that they are mistaken in their conceptions of
God their creator.

     The  images which Jesus and Mohammed offered  present
many  contrasts  to  the  images  which  are  offered   by
vengeful,  punitive,  addictive and/or codependent people.
The contrast may be suggested by contrasting words:

        VENGEFUL               FORGIVING

        PUNITIVE               RECONCILING

        REJECTIVE              ACCEPTIVE

        DESTRUCTIVE            CREATIVE

        DEMANDING              GENEROUS

        DEMEANING              SUPPORTIVE

        ABUSIVE                GENTLE

        JUDGMENTAL             HONEST

        CONDEMNING             RECONCILING

     It  is  particularly  tragic  when  self   proclaimed
followers of Jesus and Mohammed offer images suggested  by
the words on the left, rather than images suggested by the
words on the right.    Their self righteousness  contrasts
greatly  with  the  lives  of those  in  whose  name  they
presume   to  teach.      We may  recognize  them  by  the
disintegrative fruits which their teachings bear.

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