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  %SELF RIGHTEOUS LEGITIMATE GROUND CONFIDENCE EVIL+021016
%ARROGANCE FORCE WEAKNESS VULNERABLE SCRIPTURE SINS+021016
%ELIMINATING EVIL PEOPLE FREEDOM CREATIVITY CONTROL 021016
                                                          
     What  do domineering people view as their  legitimate
grounds  for  confidence that they are righteous,  in  the
right,    and  qualified  to  dominate  people   who   are
poor and vulnerable?   The following are possible grounds:
                                                          
     1.  Their superior forms of self-righteousness.      
                                                          
     2.  Their excellence in demonstrating arrogance.     
                                                          
     3.  Their preponderance of force in domination.      
                                                          
     4.  Their discernment of other peoples' weaknesses.  
                                                          
     5.  Their careful selection of scriptural passages.  
                                                          
     6.  Their dedication to finding/eliminating evil.    
                                                          
     7.  Their ability to control other people properly.  
                                                          
     Lovers  need  to ask for and look for  evidence  that
each person is/is-not demonstrating personal integrity and
being    supportive/facilitative   of   diverse   communal
integrations and integrities through:                     
                                                          
     1.  Openness, honesty and authenticity.              
                                                          
     2.  Hospitality, civility, gentleness and patience.  
                                                          
     3.  Balance, mutuality, sympathy and listening.      
                                                          
     4.  Cooperation, teamwork, and conflict-resolution.  
                                                          
     5.  Generosity, peacemaking and sanctuary building.  
                                                          
     6.  Systems-analysis and shared priority-setting.    
                                                          
     7.  The sharing-of-power with poor/vulnerable ones.  
                                                          
     8.  Being willing to take-risks and be-vulnerable.   
                                                          
     9.  Considering spectrums of new possibilities.      
                                                          
    10.  Gracefully understanding & subverting violence.  
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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