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  %DOCTRINE ORIGINAL SIN FALL GRACE ADAM EVE GARDEN+971219                                                                     
 %MANIPULATIVE CONTROLLERS ADDICTIVE RELIGIOUS LEAD 971219                                                
                                                                                                                               
     Manipulative  religious  leaders who  are preoccupied                                                                     
with issues of  control  find ways  to use the doctrine of      
original  sin.     They may argue that because people  are                          
tainted  with the failures of  Adam and Eve,   people  are                                                                    
inherently imperfect, unreliable and untrustworthy --- not                                                                     
eligible to  have much self-esteem.   People need properly                 
chosen, trained  and  reliable  leaders to  compensate for                                                                     
their  inherent  imperfections,   lack of reliability  and                                                                     
untruth-fulness.   Self-confident religious  leaders elect                                                      
themselves  to  fulfill the responsibilities and  exercise    
the  powers  which  most  people do not  want  and  cannot                                             
properly be trusted with.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                               
     It  is a good first step to undermine people's  sense                                                    
of  self-respect  and  self-confidence  by  teaching   the                                      
doctrine of original sin in appropriate ways.    Once that      
first step is successfully taken,  people are much  easier                                                                    
to lead and dominate; much easier to control.   People who                                                     
have high  levels  of self-esteem and self-confidence  are                                                      
not  easy  to  lead and dominate;  they do  not  yield  to                                                     
religious disciplines and controls at all well.   They are                                                           
prone to disobedience, insubordination and rebellion.                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
     It is good to meditate upon the  doctrine of original                                                                     
sin and to discern how it  may be used in facilitating the                                               
governance of the disciples through proper teaching by the                                
reliable authorities.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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