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%PRESBYNET UNITY REDISCOVER BALANCE TRADITION EVIL+990821
%GOOD HERITAGE SCRIPTURE RENEWAL RESPONSIVE CHANGE+990821
%POPULATION EXPLOSION RESOURCE DEPLETION GARBAGE+990821
%SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARLY RESEARCH PUBLICATION+990821
%COMPLEMENTARY ESSENTIALS EXCLUSION INCLUSION GODS+990821
%RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION POWER COLLUSION DOMINATIONS 990821
What is essential to personal and communal integrity?
Each generation within each community must rediscover
and recreate an integrative BALANCE between their communal
heritage, traditions, scriptures, etc. -- - and all that
which is creatively new, renewing, and responsive to the
communal environment as it changes --- because of: the
population explosion, resource depletion, garbage
augmentation, scientific advances, technological
developments and scholarly insights.
This IS to say that BALANCE between essentials is
essential. This IS to say that no one consideration can
in an integrative way exclude from consideration any
complementary essential(s). "Exclusive integrity" is an
oxymoron.
This IS to say that concentrations of power corrupt
those people/authorities in whom/which power is
concentrated --- in proportion to how concentrated-and-
unchecked the power becomes. No mortals are immune to
such corruption.
By the rules of collusive games of mutual self
deception --- collusive communities are bound to ignore,
deny and/or repress their members' awareness of these ways
in which IMBALANCE undermines their integrity.
This IS to say that when majorities and dominant
coalitions inhibit, repress or eliminate the power of the
poor, weak, vulnerable, women, children, and/or minorities
--- to get fair hearings of their experiences, desires,
needs, hopes, aspirations, fears and feelings of injustice
--- the integrity of the whole community, and of all of
its members --- are severely threatened.
Any religious group which persists in ignoring these
realities --- cannot promote both personal and communal
integrity --- no matter how hard it tries to do so, and no
matter how many people's rights are sacrificed in its
efforts to do so. No religious group can save itself at
the expense of others whom in fear it may choose to blame,
guilt or shame.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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