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  %NATURE NATURAL ESSENCE DEVIL EVIL SIN SINS ALIEN+980701   
    %PEOPLE SPIRITS AGENTS GODS IDEAS IDEALS VALUES+980701                                         
%PRINCIPLES GOALS SCRIPTURES DESIRES THOUGHTS+980701      
                %FAILURES ATTITUDES BEHAVIORS 980701      
                                                                                                                               
                    Much depends upon                                                                                          
                     what and/or who                                                                                           
                   we regard as being                                 
          "evil", "sinful", "sin", and "sins";                                       
                        and upon                                                                                               
             when we make such attributions.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                    Much depends upon                                                                                          
                     what and/or who                                                                                           
         we regard as being the proper focus of                                 
               "blame", "guilt", "shame",                                                                                      
            "judgement", and "condemnations."                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
            Our and other peoples' languages                                                            
            serves as a mediums through which                                
                       we express                                                                                              
       our thoughts and perceptions and attitudes.        
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
          Our own and other peoples' languages                   
             also direct the formulation of                                                                                    
our thoughts, perceptions of reality, and our attitudes;        
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
          Thus helping to create the realities                         
                    which we and they                                                                                          
    perceive, think about and respond to emotionally.        
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
            Our conceptions of the nature of   
           "evil", "sinful", "sin" and "sins"                                       
                                                                                                                               
    are intimately interwoven with our senses of what                     
                                                                                                                               
             "things", "places", "processes"              
             "people", "spirits", "agents",                                                                    
  "relationships", "failures", "mistakes", "emotions",                                                              
   "ideas", "ideals", "values", "principles", "goals",                                         
          "scriptures", "desires", "thoughts",          
      "attitudes", "emotions",  and/or "behaviors"                                                       
                                                                                                                               
                 are central in regards                                 
           "evil", "sinful", "sin" and "sins".                                       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
     It is helpful to regard "evil" as pertaining to                                 
                                                                                                                               
     "separation", "alienation", and "estrangement";                                        
              in RELATIONSHIPS AMONG people;                                                              
                                                                                                                               
                     rather than to                                                                                            
                                                                                                                               
     "differences", "non-conformity", "distinctions"            
                      as regards to                                 
           "persons", "classes", and "groups".                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
    The former way of regarding "evil" engenders minimal      
                                                                                                                               
     "separation", "alienation", and "estrangement";                                        
              in RELATIONSHIPS AMONG people                                                              
                                                                                                                               
and so engenders LESS "evil" --- rather than MORE "evil".                                       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
   The   latter   way  of  regarding  "evil"     engenders      
additional                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     "separation", "alienation", and "estrangement";                                        
              in RELATIONSHIPS AMONG people                                                              
                                                                                                                               
and so engenders MORE "evil" --- rather than LESS "evil."                                       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
        We may judge each way of regarding "evil"      
  by recognizing, naming, describing and talking about                                                                         
       the fruits of each way of regarding "evil".      
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
         We need to observe how people who claim                 
          that they are "fighting" evil and sin                                       
                regard "evil" and "sin".                                 
                                                                                                                               
    Often people who believe that they are "fighting"             
                    "evil" and "sin"                                       
                                                                                                                               
                 regard "evil" and "sin"                                 
            in ways which tragically promote      
                                                                                                                               
      "separation", "alienation" and "estrangement"                                        
              which are the very essence of                  
                    "evil" and "sin".                                       
                                                                                                                               
       It is not good, proper or required that we                                                                              
        respect, honor, or support the efforts of                                      
                    people who promote                                                                    
                                                                                                                               
      "separation", "alienation" and "estrangement"                                        
              which are the very essence of                  
                    "evil" and "sin"                                       
                                                                                                                               
                     while doing so                                                                                            
                in the name of "fighting"                                                                                      
                    "evil" and "sin".                                       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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