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 %AMBIGUOUS UNCLEAR NONSYSTEMATIC CONTROL LOSE LOST+960328
  %GOD HOLY SPIRIT LAW LEGALISTIC JUDGEMENT CONDEMN+960328
   %RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALS HOLY SCRIPTURE INTERPRET+960328
   %FAITH HOPE LOVE CHARITY DEVIL GOOD SIN SEX FAIL 960328

     To  addictive people who are preoccupied with  issues
of  control  it is  absurd to talk  in  terms  of  control
without  clear  and  precise definitions of:   who  is  in
control,   for  what  purpose,  in what  way,   with  what
technology,  who is on top, who is on the bottom, etc.

     People  who  are preoccupied with issues  of  control
feed a profound  need  to  draw  sharp  boundaries between
themselves  and others.    Issues of control play  central
roles  in  defining how those boundaries should be  drawn:
who  is  in control,  who has lost control,   who  is  not
interested  in  issues of control,   who  has  surrendered
control, etc.

     If   the  essence  of  salvation  resides  in  proper
controls being respected,  attended to, affirmed,  etc.---
how  can it be that there could be any time when it  would
be good to lose  control?   Letting the right people be in
control  might  make sense,  but to lose control  in  some
vague and ill-defined way---nonsense!   Falling in love is
a  dangerous  thing if it involves losing control in  some
ill-defined way.  Care must be taken to minimize the risks
attendant to losing control in ill-defined ways.

     When  some  people  lose  control  they  are  to   be
respected only if they surrender control to well qualified
people who know how to exercise control properly---in well
controlled ways.

     For  these reasons it is important to be careful  not
to take too  seriously the commandments to love God and to
love neighbors  as we love ourselves.   Those commandments
do  not  make clear where the boundaries are to be  drawn,
how,   and/or  how  control is to  be  exercised.    Those
commandments need to be  properly interpreted in the light
of  the ultimate importance of there being proper controls
by proper people who are well trained in the law.

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