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     If  we believe that human experiences are  irrelevant
to  our knowing which human  relationships  are  good  and
which ones are  evil---we  are  doomed to suffer eternally
the   consequences  of  mistakes  made  in  the  past   in
integrating whatever standard  texts  we  take  to  be the
proper definitions of  which  human relationships are good
and which  ones are evil.    In the absence of taking  our
own  experiences and perceptions seriously ---  we  cannot
learn  from  other  people's  mistakes  or  from  our  own
mistakes.

     No  texts can eternally communicate the same  message
to  all  generations  and  all peoples,   irrespective  of
changing  human languages  and  cultural  contexts.    The
meanings of texts to succeeding generations differ because
the succeeding generations differ in their experiences and
perceptions.   It is dishonest to pretend otherwise,   and
such   dishonesty   leads   to   personal   and   communal
disintegration.

     All that is good and all that is evil ---  is good or
evil within the context of human relationships.   If there
is no human relationship which serves as a context---there
is no human awareness of the hypothetical reality and thus
no possibility of human knowledge that it might be good or
evil.  Our knowledge of good and evil is always within the
context  of human relationships which are to  some  degree
integrative and/or alienative.    Usually we associate the
word "good" with integrative relationships and "evil" with
alienative relationships.   Integrative relationships bear
"good"   fruits.     Alienative relationships bear  "evil"
fruits.   We may know them by their fruits.

                                                                                                                               
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