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%MYSTERY DENIAL CONTROL RULES REGULATIONS JUDGMENT 991102
Often religious leaders fall into traps associated
with denials of the mysterious aspects of meaningful
living with personal and communal integrity. Such traps
are often associated with:
1. Attempting to control what is beyond human
control; to have the power to control that which they fear
--- including other people's: perceptions, impressions,
discernments, understandings, thoughts, desires, fears,
hopes, aspirations, intentions, expectations, motivations,
shame, guilt, relationships, intimacies, communications,
etc. For such religious leaders life is a constant
challenge to control whatever is mysterious or to minimize
human awareness of whatever mysterious realities they
cannot control
2. Believing that the good life is a life lived
legalistically in conformity to pre-scriptions, pro-
scriptions, disciplines, rules, regulations, and fear of
punishments. For them there are no mysterious
foundations for integrative cooperation.
3. Believing that they have acquired certain and
absolute knowledge of good and evil --- in terms of which
they can tell who is good and who is evil, who is saved
and who is dammed --- and that the are themselves called
by God to bless or condemn others accordingly. For them
there are no mysteries in fulfilling God's will.
4. Attempting to predict the future without fail
according to their knowledge and understanding of the
past, God's natural laws, and God's divine will. Such
religious leaders deny their own finitude, their limited
knowledge, their limited understanding, and their
limited ability to predict the future because of their
limitations. They pretend that there are no
essential mysteries in healthy human relationships.
True religious leaders seek to encourage people to
fulfill their unique potentials --- according to God's
will within unique personal relationships --- which are
built upon reliable essential foundations for integrative
cooperation. They fulfill God's call to live joyfully in
ways which entail: creativity, reconciliations,
peace-making, conflict-resolution, complementary-
affirmations, and love.
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