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 %REFLEXIVE ATTITUDE ASSUMPTION BELIEF VALUE GOSPEL+960301
%JEW CHRISTIAN MUSLIM MOSES JESUS MOHAMMED RELIGION+960301
    %DOCTRINE NEWS OLD TESTAMENT BOOK CLARIFICATION+960301
 %CONFUSE CLEAR MESSAGE COMMUNICATION DIALOGUE TALK 960301

     Many  addictive and fundamentalist religious  leaders
generate   confusion   regarding  what   their   religious
tradition stands for, affirms, denies, respects, etc. They
are not interested in  open  and honest dialogue regarding
diverse views about what  their religious tradition stands
for,  affirms,  denies,  respects, etc. They seek to be in
control.   They do not seek  to  be involved  in  open and
honest dialogue with people who disagree with them.   Such
leaders act as if there was an objective TRUTH  which only
a few people have access to; and they regard themselves as
being  in control  of  such access.    They act as if  the
TRUTHS which they control are somehow  "true"   apart from
their control over who has access to their "TRUTHS".

     People who use and abuse "TRUTHS" as tools with which
to control other people are not interested in listening to
people   whose  lives  are  characterized  by  contrasting
experiences,  insights, perceptions, beliefs, assumptions,
attitudes,   and  realities.   They  are  insecure  people
seeking  to achieve security through defensive and violent
manipulations.   They behave in alienative ways which lead
to  personal and communal disintegration;  not to personal
and communal integrity.   Beware of being preoccupied with
such people---either with respect, or with anger.

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