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 %RELIGIOUS LEADERS PRIVACY RIGHTS RESPECT DOMINION+001207
 %MAJORITY MINORITY INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY OPEN LOVE+001207
   %DOMINATION SYSTEM DISCIPLE FOLLOWER CONCENTRATE+001207
 %POWER CORRUPTION DUTY CONTROL DISCIPLINE PUNISHED+001207
  %LOYALTY TRAITOR COLLUSION ADDICTION CODEPENDENTS+001207
   %CHRISTIAN EXCLUSIVE MEANS SALVATION HEAVEN HELL 001207
                                                          
     It  is  interesting  to think about  why  domineering
religious  leaders rarely,  if ever,  affirm  the  privacy
rights of their followers.  Perhaps it is because:        
                                                          
     1.  In  private their followers might  recognize  the
motivations of domineering  religious leaders ---  related
to   concentrating  power,   being  in  control,   fearing
vulnerability, fearing uncertainty, etc.                  
                                                          
     2.  If any people  do  not  affirm  in  practice that
domineering  religious  leaders have a right/duty to  know
about  each  suspected  follower's:    desires,   beliefs,
doubts,  dreams,  hopes, aspirations, fears,  resentments,
failures,   etc.   ---   loyalty is  thereby  called  into
question.                                                 
                                                          
     3.  Domineering  religious leaders make a practice of
exercising  dominion, either in large gatherings where all
the necessary  formal arrangements can be made in advance;
or  in  small groups where their own personal presence  is
adequate to maintain dominance.                           
                                                          
     4.  People forget Jesus' saying that wherever two or 
three  are gathered together in his name,  in his  spirit,
with Holy Spirit ---  He would be present with them.  This
saying is not necessarily automatically relevant to larger
groups.    There are reasonable grounds for thinking  that
the saying is NOT automatically relevant to larger groups.
                                                          
     5.  Domineering  religious leaders are bound  by  the
rules of their collusive games of mutual self deception to
distrust Holy Spirit ---  because Holy Spirit is NOT bound
by  the  rules  of their collusive games  of  mutual  self
deception.                                                
                                                          
     6.  When  only two or three are gathered together  in
an  open,   honest,   integrative relationship ---  it  is
impossible for a large majority to  dominate a minority of
less  than  33   of those present.   In large groups  such
domination is easily possible and often does happen.      
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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