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%RELIGIOUS LEADERS ALIENATION BAD EVIL SINFUL OTHER+980328                                       
 %GOOD EVIL GOD LAW LEGALISTIC PURITY CODE DIALOGUE+980328                                       
%DISTRUST SUSPICION FEAR ANGER MISUNDERSTAND IGNORE+980328                                                    
%PREJUDICE CONFUSION PROJECTIONS ANIMOSITY VIOLENCE 980328           
                                                                                                                               
     Often  self-righteous  religious  leaders  think   of       
alienation  in  terms of "bad"  people who are  alienated,                                        
from  and by "good"  religious people;  and so  from  God.                                                                    
Such  self righteous "good"  religious leaders  are  often       
blind  to  the  fact that all  alienation  is  relational;                                        
mutual in nature as regards people.   
                                                                                                                               
     Alienation  entails personal relationships of  people                                        
who are characterized by:                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                               
     Broken and/or blocked channels of communication.                                                                
     Suspicion, distrust, fear and/or anger.                                                                                   
     Misunderstanding, confusion, ignorance & prejudice.                                                    
     Projections, confusion, and/or animosity.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
     While   alienation   entails   relationships,     the                                        
participants  in  the relationships of alienation  do  not                           
experience the alienation in like manner.  Often there are                                   
differences and/or imbalances as regards: power,  ultimate                                 
concerns, and conceptions of the nature of righteousness.   
                                                                                                                               
     Some people regard righteousness as having to do with       
right   conformity   to   laws,    rules,    commandments,       
prescriptions, proscriptions and expectations.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
     Other  people  regard righteousness as having  to  do       
with  gracious  participation  in  personal  relationships                           
which are free of alienation;  i.e.,  are characterized by                                        
open and honest dialogue among differing people.                                     
                                                                                                                               
      People  who  have  contrasting  conceptions  of  the                               
nature  of  righteousness  ---   are  often  bound  up  in   
conflicts  over  how to promote righteousness ---  because       
they  have  conflicting  conceptions  of  the  nature   of   
righteousness, and what will lead to righteousness.   Some       
such  people  feel  and/or  believe  that  they  have  the             
right/duty  to  coercively  intrude  into  other  people's  
private  lives to promote righteousness ---  according  to       
the conceptions of the self-righteous intruder.       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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