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%AUTHORITATIVE INTERPRETATION SCRIPTURE INSTITUTION+981018                      
%ISSUES CONTROL DISCIPLINE LOYALTY COLLUSION HONEST 981018                                                   
                                                                                                                               
     Large religious institutions are  by their very human                                            
natures conservative, often seeking to protect their power   
to be in control.   Large institutions often appeal to and                                                           
attract  the  leadership   skills   of   people   who  are                                                                    
preoccupied  with issues of control ---   in the manner of                                                           
addicts and  their codependent supporters.   This is often                                                
so   even   if  the   religious   institutions   represent                                                                     
revolutionary prophets whose  lives embody:    liberation,                                                                     
healing,       servanthood,      honesty,     inclusivity,                                                                  
gentleness,  personal integrity and communal integrity.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     It is very difficult for large religious institutions                                                                     
to   avoid  the temptations of  heresies,     revisionism,                                                                     
and   refinements    of  their messages  ---     so   that                                                                     
eventually  the  messages  match   the   dispositions   of                                                                     
people   who   are preoccupied with issues  of control ---                                                           
in   the   manner  of  addicts   and   their   codependent                                                
supporters.       It   is difficult   for  large religious                                                                     
institutions  to   exclude  with   integrity   from  their                       
memberships   all   potential leaders who are  preoccupied                                                                     
with issues  of control ---  in the manner of addicts  and                                                
their   codependent  supporters.  This is  especially  the                                                                     
case     if    the   religious   institutions    represent                                                                     
revolutionary     prophets    whose      lives     embody;                                                                     
liberation,       healing,     servanthood,       honesty,                                                                  
inclusivity,  gentleness,  personal integrity and communal                                                                
integrity.                                                                   
                                                                                                                               
     Thus it is essential for large religious institutions                  
to institutionalize the awareness of what is pointed to by                                                                     
the above,  so as to empower the participants in the large                           
religious institutions to transcend the risks which  large                                                                     
religious institutions present to the participants;  risks                           
of becoming enmeshed within addictive organizations  which                             
are dominated by persons in leadership who are preoccupied                                                     
with issues of control ---  in the manner  of addicts  and                                                
their codependent supporters.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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