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  %CREW SPACE-SHIP-EARTH DILEMMA PROTECT VULNERABLE+020208
 %ABUSE CONCENTRATED CORRUPTED POWERS RELIGIOUS GOD+020208
 %DEVILS GOOD CAPITALISM COMMUNISM DICTATORSHIP SIN+020208
   %HIMSELF OTHERS SEPARATION CHURCH STATE POLITICS+020208
  %HUMANE HEALTHY SEXUALITY INTIMATE COMMUNICATIONS+020208
    %PURITY PERFECTION SUPERIORITY EXCLUSIVITY LAWS 020208
                                                          
     The crew of Space-Ship-Earth faces a serious dilemma 
       in regards to protecting itself against the abuse  
         of the powers of domineering religious leaders   
           who, in effect, claim to be speaking           
             on behalf of God Himself.                    
                                                          
     The concept of the separation of church and state    
       evolved as a way of preventing self-selected       
         domineering religious and secular leaders        
           from concentrating their powers to abuse ---   
             into one select/exclusive group of           
               religious <=> secular leaders with         
                 unlimited powers within itself as        
                   regards both secular and religious     
                     questions and issues.  Under the     
                       principle of the separation of     
                         church and state the most        
                           powerful secular leaders are   
                             to have no power to pass     
                               laws, rules, commandments  
                                 regulating religious     
                                   matters; e.g., they    
                                     are not to presume   
                                       to speak for       
                                         God Himself.     
                                                          
     How then, within the concept of the                  
       separation of church and state,                    
         are we to prevent the abuse of religious powers  
           within religious organizations ---             
             by religious leaders who claim that          
               God Himself has said that there are to be  
                 no limitations placed upon their powers; 
                   no system of check and balances which  
                     transcend their supreme power        
                       within their own isolated          
                         religious organization?          
                                                          
     How can the crew of Space-Ship-Earth deal with       
       domineering religious leaders who contend that     
         God Himself has told them to exercise both       
           religious power and secular power in           
             one seamless whole; with no                  
               system of checks and balances which        
                 transcends their supreme power within    
                   their own religious organization?      
                                                          
     Are domineering religious leaders to have unlimited  
       power to do the following:                         
                                                          
     1.  To decree what vulnerable people must:           
           think, believe, say, confess, desire,          
             describe, experience, do and avoid?          
                                                          
     2.  To regulate the details of private personal      
           relationships which are: gracious, gentle,     
             honest, non-violent, balanced, mutual,       
               and integrative?                           
                                                          
     3.  To regulate speech, writing, publications,       
           meetings, petitions, assemblies, etc.          
                                                          
     4.  To regulate all aspects of human sexuality.      
                                                          
     5.  To concentrate additional powers into their      
           own hands --- without limitation?              
                                                          
     6.  To play collusive games of mutual self           
           deception among themselves; and to lead        
             others into joining them in playing their    
               collusive games of mutual self deception.  
                                                          
     7.  To lead others into becoming faithful servants   
           of The Domination System which they themselves 
             worship --- and to whom they themselves      
               offer sacrifices of their own and other    
                 peoples and communities' various kinds   
                   of personal and communal integrities?  
                                                          
     8.  To prevent others from forming informal-webs of  
           informal-consensus through which to: describe, 
             expose, transcend, subvert, and deal with    
               the webs of domineering controls which are 
                 demanded by "The Domination System",     
                   "The Powers That Be", and many         
                      "Collusive Games of Mutual-         
                         Self-Deception" ---  which are   
                           governed by many dishonest     
                             addicts and their faithful   
                               codependent supporters.    
                                                          
     9.  To prevent inter-religious fellowships which     
           transcend the exclusive and alienative demands 
             of domineering supporters of "The Global     
               Domination System" which is governed by    
                 capitalistic multinational corporations  
                   which have no hearts, souls or spirit. 
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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