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%WEB FABRIC CONTEXTUAL LIVING CONNECTED DESIRE NEED 951003

     Some  people  seek to live and to make  other  people
live  in  terms  of  a static/eternal  set  of  rules  and
regulations  which  are  not related in  any  way  to  the
context of life, the desires and needs of neighbors, or to
changes  in the environment.   It is assumed that at  some
time in the past humans received revelations with  perfect
fidelity,   and communicated the revelations with flawless
fidelity  to the present generation,  the present  experts
have  received the flawless  revelations  perfectly---but
that  it  is  impossible now  to  receive  any  additional
revelations with any degree of reliability or relevance.

     It is not clear whether the problem is that:

     1.  God does not want to transmit more revelations.

     2.  God has no more revelations to transmit.

     3.  God cannot transmit any more revelations.

     4.  The people who can receive ancient revelations
   without flaw from human transmitters cannot
   receive new revelations from God without flaw.

     5.  There is some other impediment.

     For some reason many people act as if the revelations
of  which  they are the custodians are somehow:   perfect,
eternal,  unchangeable, irreplaceable,  and of great value
to mankind.

     We are fools if we fail to note that their claim,  if
honored,  gives them great power over us.  We are fools if
we  think  that they are totally unaware of the  power  we
would give to them if we honored their claims.

     Power corrupts to  the extent it is  not moderated by
open  and honest discussion of:  the power itself and  the
imperfections and  the  limitations of the people who seek
to  exercise  the  power.    Unrestrained  power  corrupts
absolutely,    and  only  fools  and   demi-gods   pretend
otherwise.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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