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%HISTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DOMINATION SYSTEM POWER+000102
  %TRANSCEND SUBVERT CORRUPTED LEADERS INSTITUTIONS+000102
  %JESUS NON-VIOLENCE TRANSCENDENCE SUBVERSION LOVE 000102
                                                          
     It  is  helpful to consider the history of  Christian
Churches  and to ask whether the history   illustrate  the
long term disciples of Jesus of  Nazareth transcending and
subverting "The Domination System" --- or illustrates "The
Domination System"    subverting the message of  Jesus  of
Nazareth and dominating the long term Disciples of Jesus. 
                                                          
     The  limited  historic records suggest very  strongly
that   Jesus  of  Nazareth  was  a   non-conformist   with
revolutionary  suggestions  on  how the  poor,   weak  and
disadvantaged  might  best survive with integrity  in  the
presence of "The Domination  System".   (See Walter Wink's
paperback book "The Powers That Be"   for  the guidance of
scholarly consideration of the alternatives.)             
                                                          
     History suggests that so far "The Domination  System"
has  done  very well both inside and outside of  Christian
Churches.  After 2,000 years it is hard to discern many of
the  key  elements  of  the Gospel according to  Jesus  as
recorded  in  the  New  Testament.     The  Mythology   of
Redemptive  Violence and Power to Dominate are  alive  and
well in  the  electronic age of profitable Television  and
and Nuclear Dominance.   The contrast between the well-to-
do  on  the  one  hand ---  and  on  the  other  hand  the
vulnerable,  the weak,   the women,    the children,   the
diseased,   and  the imprisoned ---  continues to widen in
disintegrative   ways.    Most   Christians  do  not  deal
effectively  with  the widening gap.     Most   Christians
seem not to comprehend or affirm the  non-violent  message
of   the  Gospel according  to  Jesus  as recorded in  the
New Testament.                                            
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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