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%BLESSED PEACEMAKER CURSED CONTENTIOUS ADDICTS FAIL+950328
%RESOLVE CONFLICTS PICK FIGHTS PROMOTE BATTLES EVIL+950328
%FUNDAMENTALISTS QUITE SELECTED SCRIPTURES GOOD SIN 950328

     Some  people  are  blessed peacemakers  who  mean  no
person harm and seek to resolve conflicts to the advantage
of  all persons affected thereby.   Such people seek to be
open  and honest with others as they seek to  be  true  to
themselves and others.  They do not agree to go along with
dishonest addicts  and  their  codependent  supporters  in
their collusive games of mutual  self deception---refusing
to become   participants   in   such    dishonest   games.
Dishonest      addicts     and      their      codependent
supporters  regard  blessed peacemakers as trouble  makers
who cannot be trusted to conform  to their  standard forms
of  collusive  dishonesty.    In this sense  such  blessed
peacemakers walk in the  ways of Jesus of Nazareth who was
crucified  by governmental  conformists at the instigation
of religious conformists.

     Some  people  are cursed contentious persons  who  do
mean  to  use  conflicts, confusions,   misunderstandings,
forgetfulness,    fear,  terror,  dishonesty,   misleading
behaviors,   and  secrecy---as  violent  tools  in   their
attempts  to  be  in  control for one reason  or  another.
Often they present their violent manipulations as being in
the  service  of highly  respectable  ends---in  religious
wars,   nationalistic  wars,  and efforts to maintain  the
status quo for the powerful people of their community.

     It is important that we be able to recognize,   name,
describe   and   talk  openly  and  honestly   about   the
differences between the blessed peacemakers and the cursed
contentious  persons in our communities.   The former  are
worthy of our respect and trust; the latter are not worthy
of our respect and trust.

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