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   %TRUE PROPHET FALSE APPEARANCE SPECTRUM BEHAVIOR+980728                        
 %RECOGNIZE NAME DESCRIBE HONOR RESPECT SUPPORT SIN 980728                                      
                                                                                                                               
     There  is no one behavior,  action or  characteristic                                                       
which  can reliably be used to talk distinguish  between a                                                                     
true  prophet and a person who manages a false  appearance                        
of being a true prophet.   Any one person may behave,  act               
and  demonstrate  characteristics  on one day  of  a  true                        
prophet,   and  on another day those of a  false  prophet.                                                               
People may "convert" from being a false prophet to being a                                                             
true  prophet;   e.g.,  the Apostle Paul of Tarsus.    The                        
reverse may also happen.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                               
     The  best  we  can do is to recognize  the  kinds  of                                                                     
behaviors,  actions  and characteristics which are   often                                                       
associated with  being true prophets, and those which  are                        
associated with  being false prophets:                                                             
                                                                                                                               
     TRUE PROPHETS           FALSE PROPHETS                        
                                                                                                                               
     Humility                Arrogance                                                                                         
     Humility                Self-Righteousness       
     Humility                Pretentiousness                                                                                   
     Honesty                 Pretentiousness                                                                  
     Inclusivity             Exclusivity                       
     Inviting                Demanding                                                                                         
     Visionaries             Commanders                                                                                        
     Liberators              Disciplinarians                                                                                   
     Healers                 Punishers                                                                                         
     Sympathy                Condemnations                                                                                     
     Understanding           Judgmentalism                                                    
     Mutuality               Superiority                            
     Service                 Competition                                                                                       
     Cooperation             Coercion                                                                                          
     Gentleness              Violence           
     Peace-Making            Contentiousness                
     Conflict-Resolution     Conflict-Maintenance                                              
     Listeners               Excommunicators                                                                
     Generosity              Possessiveness                                                                                    
     Kindness                Abusiveness                                                                                       
     Forgiving               Punitive                                                                                          
     Reconciliation          Alienation                                        
     Rainbows                Either/Or Demands                                                                                 
     Spectrums               Dichotomies                                                                                       
     Clarification           Confusion                                                                                         
     Healthy                 Dis-eased                                                                                         
     Relaxed                 Ill-at-ease                                                                                       
     Rested                  Tense                                                                                             
     Attractive              Repulsive                                                                                         
     Tentative               Certain                                                                                           
     Growing                 Irrefutable                                                                                       
                                                                                                                               
     We need to  remember that it is  enduring PATTERNS of                 
behaviors,  actions  and  characteristics  which are truly                                                       
important;     not    isolated   behaviors,     acts    or                                                       
characteristics.    People change.   No label is eternally                                                                    
valid, true, just, or right for any isolated person.       
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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