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 %DIFFERENCE CONSEQUENCES ASSUMPTIONS BELIEFS CAUSE+020724
 %THINK THOUGHTS BEHAVIOR PATTERNS DECISIONS ACTION+020724
 %ACTS GOD PEOPLE ANGELS PRINCIPALITIES POWERS EVIL+020724
   %AGENTS SERVANTS SUCCEED MANGERS THEISM PERSONAL+020724
  %GOD SATAN FATES SACRIFICE HONESTY INTEGRITY LOVE+020724
   %IDOLS IDOLATRY WORSHIP MYSTERY SACRED DOCTRINES 020724
                                                          
     It   makes  a  difference  which  way  we  think   of
"consequences"  and our attitudes,  assumptions,  beliefs,
thought-patterns, and behavior-patterns:                  
                                                          
     1.  "Consequences"    are  due to the  decisions  and
actions of God, The-Angels, Principalities-and-Powers, and
other "person-like-agents" who should-be/must-be respected
and honored in order to "succeed" ON THEIR TERMS.  We have
to figure out what THEIR TERMS are.                       
                                                          
     2.  "Consequences"     flow   naturally   from    how
INTEGRATIVELY  AND  COHERENTLY WE  COOPERATE  IN  MANAGING
our:   attitudes,    assumptions,    beliefs,    thought- 
patterns   and behavior-patterns.      We  have to  figure
out how  NATURAL CONSEQUENCES   FLOW   FROM  OUR  PATTERNS
of    attitudes,  assumptions,  beliefs,  thoughts,   and 
behaviors.                                                
                                                          
     1.   Many  forms of theism have encouraged the  above
first  pattern of assumptions,  attitudes,  thoughts   and
beliefs  ---  which in turn engender authoritarian systems
which  focus  upon:  laws,   commandments,  prescriptions,
proscriptions,    scriptures,    conformity,   sacrifices,
punishments,  and domination.                             
                                                          
     2.   People  who have internalized the first  pattern
of assumptions,  attitudes, thoughts and beliefs --- often
experience  fear and anxiety when people encourage them to
consider  the  possible  merits of the second  pattern  of
attitudes,  assumptions,   beliefs,  thought-patterns  and
behavior-patterns.     The  latter patterns  threaten  the
ground-of-being-who-they-are   under  the  first  set   of
patterns.    They also threaten the special advantages  of
domineering people who are successfully working in support
of  "The Domination System"  and its system of "The Powers
That   Be"   ---  that are  apparently in control  of  all
that matters.                                             
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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