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    %RECOGNIZE RESPOND APPROPRIATELY FUNDAMENTALISM+020115
  %ALIENATIVE ESTRANGEMENT PERSONAL COMMUNAL HEALTH+020115
%CIVILITY INTEGRITY CIVILIZATION DOMINATION DISEASE+020115
  %MARTIN MARTY BETTER BEST SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS LOVE+020115
  %SHIELD PROTECT SHAME BLAME GUILT SCAPE GOAT EVIL+020115
  %LEARNING ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM 020115
                                                          
     1.  How can we recognize and respond appropriately   
         to ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISM?                    
                                                          
     We must recognize that not all fundamentalists are   
       inherently alienative-fundamentalists.  There are  
         many scholarly works which have focused upon the 
           circumstances in which ALIENATIVE-             
             FUNDAMENTALISM evolves and works in ways     
               which undermine both personal and communal 
                 integrities; e.g., by Dr. Martin Marty.  
                                                          
     2.  How can we avoid making UNFAIR-JUDGEMENTS against
         NON-ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISM?                   
                                                          
     In addition to the above we need to beware of        
       becoming ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISTS in our efforts 
         to shield ourselves against and BE-BETTER-THAN   
           the ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISTS whom we identify
             as our enemies.  We need to be-aware-of and  
               beware-of self-righteousness, arrogance,   
                 alienative-pride, coerciveness, and      
                   domination in ourselves, our strategies
                     and our personal/communal structures.
                                                          
     3.  How can we SHIELD-AND-PROTECT-INTEGRITIES against
         threats and attacks of ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISM?
                                                          
     We need to recognize tools/techniques/technologies   
       which ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISTS use in their      
         efforts; e.g., alienative forms of: shame, blame;
           guilt, wilt; commendations, condemnations;     
             rewards, punishments; acceptance, rejection; 
               confusion, diffusion; etc.                 
                                                          
     We need to commit ourselves to the development of    
       shields to protect ourselves and each other against
         the above tools/techniques/technologies; whether 
           they be physical, psychological, political;    
             structural, personal, communal, professional;
               religious, secular; pietistic, ritualistic,
                 scientific, realistic, naturalistic,     
                   absolutistic, or of any other kind.    
                                                          
     4.  How can we AVOID-GENERATING-ALIENATION in all of 
         the above efforts?                               
                                                          
     We need to be committed to truly resolving root-     
       conflicts to the benefit of all people and         
         communities --- not just for us and ours.        
                                                          
     We need to recognize and strengthen the essential    
       foundations of both personal/communal integrities; 
         and avoid becoming engaged/entrapped in thoughts,
           attitudes, assumptions, and patterns-of-       
             behavior which sacrifice such foundations on 
               the alters of "The Domination System" ---  
                 which many ALIENATIVE-FUNDAMENTALISTS    
                   reverence and worship as their god.    
                                                          
     We need to shield ourselves against taking-into-     
       ourselves the many: ideas/ideals, images/visions,  
         fears/anxieties, desires/hopes,                  
           motive/motivations --- which characterize      
             ALIENATIVE FUNDAMENTALISTS.  We must shield  
               ourselves against such infectious agents;  
                 as well as recognize them in others.     
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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