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 %GOD CASTS PROMOTES MANIPULATES VULNERABLE PEOPLES+021103
%FEARS GUILT SHAME ANXIETY UNCERTAINTY HOPES SEEING+021103
%GOD LOVERS SINS CONFORMITY DISOBEDIENCE DOMINATION+021103
 %NATURAL CONSEQUENCES DESCRIPTIVE LAWS PHYSICAL IT+021103
%CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS COLLUSIONS VOLCANO+021103
  %EARTH QUAKES FIRES STORMS TORNADO HURRICANE FALL 021103
                                                          
     It  has been said that "God is love"  and that  "Love
casts out fear".    This would suggest that lovers who are
fulfilling  God's will ---  will not be dominated by fear.
Will  lovers  not fear the natural consequences  of  doing
what  is  clearly foolish to do?   Will they not fear  the
natural consequences of arrogance, self-righteousness, and
being  mean?                                              
                                                          
     Clearly  we need  to  distinguish  between  different
kinds of fears.  Clearly some kinds of fears are worthy of
respect.      Thus,     not all kinds of fears are  to  be
"cast out".     How are we to discern which kinds of fears
are to be "cast out" by Love, and which kinds of fears are
NOT to be "cast out" by Love?                             
                                                          
                                                          
     1.  It IS WISE and prudent to fear the NATURAL       
          consequences of human actions; i.e., we should  
           fear  the  NATURAL  consequences  which  follow
            because of objects behaving in accordance with
             the  NATURAL  laws of physics  and  chemistry
              which  DESCRIBE  the  reliable  patterns  of
               physical   interactions  between   physical
                objects.                                  
                                                          
     2.  It IS NEITHER WISE nor prudent to be dominated by
          fears of rejections and excommunications by     
           domineering people who are faithful supporters 
            of  "The  Powers That Be"  of "The  Domination
             System".                                     
                                                          
     3.  It IS WISE to learn how to recognize, name,  talk
          about, understand, and work to subvert the ways 
           in  which domineering people manipulate  people
            by   manipulating  vulnerable  people's fears,
             shame and guilt.                             
                                                          
     4.  It IS NOT WISE to adopt the manipulative ways    
          of domineering people --- in efforts to control 
           domineering   people's   alienative   ways   of
            behaving.                                     
                                                          
     5.  It IS WISE to respect, honor, trust and support  
          non-violent, non-coercive and non-alienative    
           ways of of resolving conflicts and mis-        
            understandings; i.e., ways which do NOT entail
             the manipulation of people's fears, shame,   
               and guilt.                                 
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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