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%COMPULSIVE PREOCCUPATION SALVATION PERSONAL SELF+970209
%RIGHTEOUSNESS JUDGEMENT CONDEMNATION LEGALIST LAW+970209
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Many people are compulsively preoccupied with
personal salvation in many varied ways. Usually their
compulsive preoccupation is disintegrative of self,
others, and communities---even though the intent is
implicitly to work for personal and communal integrity.
The compulsions are tragically misguided. We will do well
to recognize the many and diverse forms of the
compulsions.
People attempt to save themselves by engaging in
meritorious: works, giving, study, sacrifice, prayer,
rituals, etc. They act as if their salvation depends upon
their personal "achievements" and the quality of their
"being". In their view, salvation is a "do-it-yourself"
thing. Such people may be religious, pious, secular,
agnostics, etc. Often they show little awareness of
communal realities or possibilities. They focus little
upon the quality of inter-personal relationships or
communications. They may differ in regards to the details
of what is regarded as meritorious or worthy of
condemnations. Yet, they agree that salvation is
individualistic.
Some people specialize in making themselves look
good. They seek to achieve self-righteousness in one way
or another: through distinctively high standards which
they, and only they, can meet; through distinctively low
standards which they can meet; through large doses of
"humility" which cry for affirmations from others through
self-deprecations; through the pretense that they have
met agreed-to-standards; and through the wearing of masks.
It is the "appearance" which they feel must count.
Some people specialize in making others look bad---so
that by comparison they look good. They focus their
attention upon others and their failures to have high
standards and/or their failures to live up to high
standards. By being "good" judges of others --- they try
to look "good" in their own eyes. Those who can recognize
and call attention to evil must be good; for the devil
would not have his agents expose his own, would he?
Few people seem to be willing to acknowledge that
people who truly know the nature of salvation are not
preoccupied with salvation---in any way.
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