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  %RECOGNIZE DISINTEGRATIVE IDEAL VALUES PRINCIPLES 960111

     Disintegrative  ideals,  values and  principles  seem
individually worthy of great respect and support---so long
as  they  play subordinate roles,  yet each  one  promotes
personal and communal disintegration when each is elevated
to the status of ultimate importance.   When such  ideals,
values  and principles are trusted without  qualifications
stated  in  terms of other important ideals,   values  and
principles;   there  are tragic consequences which  entail
personal  and  communal  disintegration.    The  following
statements  suggest  the nature of disintegrative  ideals,
values and principles:

 1.  We are better than they are.

 2.  They are inferior to us.

 3.  We are good, they are evil.

 4.  God favors us more than God favors them.

 5.  We are right/righteous, they are wrong/evil.

 6.  They are expendable, we are not expendable.

 7.  For us to win they must lose.

 8.  Essential resources are limited.
 
 9.  Generous people lose.

10.  Contend to get ahead.

11.  Faithfully fulfill all promises/commitments.

12.  Be faithful/loyal to your community.

13.  Trust your friends, suspect your enemies.

14.  Minimize your risks, maximize their risks.

15.  Take care of yourself first.

16.  Let others take care of themselves.

17.  The best survive, the inferior die off.

18.  Let the evolutionary process do its work.

19.  Be defensive to achieve security.

20.  Sophistication is good, simplicity is not.

21.  Good friends are loyal to you.

22.  Enemies are critical of you.

23.  Good people are always in conflict.

24.  God needs our help to do His will.

25.  Imperfections are signs of evil.

26.  Deception is often a necessary evil.

27.  You cannot always be open and honest.

28.  Being vulnerable is dangerous.

29.  Eliminate uncertainty, doubt and mystery.

30.  Do not trust mysterious people.

31.  Do not trust nonconformists.

32.  Do trust conformists like us.

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