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We trust some people instinctively --- without basing
our trust upon any formal analysis. Similarly we distrust
other people. What are the differences between those whom
we instinctively trust --- and those whom we instinctively
distrust?
We rarely trust people primarily because of their
overtly religious beliefs, doctrines, rituals, life styles
and communities. We often distrust people primarily
because of their exclusive religious beliefs, doctrines,
rituals and life styles.
The people whom we instinctively trust are people who
(in often mysterious ways) embody and enjoy personal and
communal integrity. Their coherence transcends the
preoccupations of all exclusive people --- in ways which
transcend formal analysis.
While a complete formal analysis may not be fruitful,
the following may point in helpful ways to the differences
between the people whom we instinctively trust --- the
people whom we instinctively distrust:
TRUST DISTRUST
Balanced Extremist
Gentle Coercive
Considerate Fanatical
Responsive Secretive
Tolerant Demanding
Forgiving Judgmental
Inclusive Exclusive
Integrative Specialist
Liberating Disciplinarian
Cheerful Stern
Affectionate Formal
Spontaneous Calculative
Personable Impersonal
Flexible Rigid
Secure Defensive
Most of us can probably more reliably discern who is
trustworthy and who is not trustworthy in terms of all
that is pointed to above --- than we can discern which
overtly religious beliefs, doctrines, rituals, life styles
and communities are trustworthy. It is probably prudent
to judge the latter in terms of how they are regarded by
the former.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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