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%PRESBYNET UNITY #1240 ESSENTIAL THINGS TRANSCEND+990926
%DOMINATION SYSTEM COMPETITION COERCION VIOLENCE+990926
%DEBATE CONTENTION HEALTHY RELATIONS OBEDIENCE SIN+990926
%GOOD EVIL PEOPLE DISCIPLINE CONFORMITY LAW RULE 990926
What is essential to personal and communal integrity?
Here "essential" is used to DESCRIBE whatever by
its absence leads to personal and communal disintegration.
"Essential" here does NOT mean "most important."
***** It is essential that leaders and members of the
community transcend ways which are competitive, coercive
and violent --- and come together in ways which are
cooperative and designed to build long term healthy
relationships.
This IS to say that competition over writing the
rules of engagement in competition, debate and conflict
--- will not lay the foundations for meaningful unity
or long term healthy relationships.
This IS to say that an emphasis upon obedience,
discipline or loyalty --- is likely to be part of
competition over writing the rules of engagement ---which
will not lay the foundations for meaningful unity or long
term healthy relationships.
This IS to say that focusing upon criteria for
deciding who is qualified to be in and remain in
communication, fellowship and community --- will plant the
seeds of personal and communal disintegration.
This IS to say that healthy unity is not the fruits
of "good" people winning in contests/battles with "evil"
people.
This IS to say that healthy unity is not the fruits
of "good" people gaining the necessary power and positions
of dominance needed for them to control the "forces of
evil".
This IS to say that "evil" is not overcome by
coercion, discipline, superior power, dominance or
techniques of control --- because the essence of evil is
alienation, estrangement and the lack of balance within
relationships.
This IS to say that the above considerations apply to
both informal and formal relationships which involve
people as individuals and as members of formal
institutions; the greater the powers involved, the greater
the risks of alienation through the abuse of great power.
This IS to say that "evil" is reduced through the
gracious exchange of free gifts of the freedom to be
safely vulnerable within intimate relationships which are
balanced, mutual, open, honest, gentle, healing and
liberating.
This IS to say that unity is an aspect of communities
which are sanctuaries within which healing becomes
possible for people who are victims of coercion,
domination, violence, addictions and collusions.
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