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%SIGNS DEFECTIVE MISLEADING CORRUPT COSMOLOGIES SIN+021212
%DEVILS THEOLOGIES FAMILIES COMMUNITIES SCAPE GOATS+021212
%WEAK ILL DISEASED SICK POOR HOMELESS ORPHAN THIRST+021212
 %YOUNG CHILD BABY ALIENATED POWERLESS SEXUAL ABUSE+021212
    %SYSTEMATIC SYSTEMIC CONCENTRATION WEALTH GOODS+021212
 %CORRUPTION POWER RESPECT HONOR TRUST ELECT LEADER 021212
                                                          
     What  are  the  SIGNS  of  the  presence of defective
cosmologies, mythologies,  and theologies  within families
and communities?  Consider the following possibilities:   
                                                          
     1.  The SYSTEMATIC SCAPE-GOATING of those who are:   
          weak, ill-at-ease, dis-eased, sick, poor,       
            diseased, homeless, orphans, thirsty, young,  
             alienated, powerless, etc. --- POWER ABUSE.  
                                                          
     2.  The SYSTEMATIC CONCENTRATION-OF-ALL-POWER to     
          control/dominate personal relationships --- into
           the hands of a small fraction of the members   
            of a large community.                         
                                                          
     3.  The SYSTEMATIC CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH, GOODS,   
          POSSESSIONS into the hands of a small fraction  
           of the members of a large community.           
                                                          
     4.  The SYSTEMATIC CONCENTRATION OF RESPECT, HONOR,  
          and  SUPPORT into the hands of a small fraction 
           of the members of a large community.           
                                                          
     5.  SYSTEMIC FAILURES OF POWERFUL PEOPLE to be       
          involved in open & honest dialogue with the:    
           weak, ill-at-ease, dis-eased, sick, poor,      
            diseased, homeless, orphans, thirsty, young,  
             alienated, powerless, etc.                   
                                                          
     6.  CLASSIFYING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE as good or evil    
          on the basis of HOW WELL THEY CONFORM to the    
           expectations/demands of DOMINANT LEADERS in the
            family and/or community.                      
                                                          
     7.  NEGLECTING TO FOCUS UPON: humility, civility,    
          balance, mutuality, hospitality, generosity,    
           honesty, integration, cooperation, gentleness, 
            patience and authenticity --- as signs of     
             all people who are truly worthy of honor,    
              respect, trust, support and the power to    
               play leadership roles in our families      
                and communities.                          
                                                          
     Leaders who focus our attention upon the above       
      SIGNS are far more likely to lead us into heaven;   
       than are leaders who look for signs of how to      
        conquer, dominate and/or control many peoples.    
         Emperor Constantine neglected to focus upon the  
          above ultimately important signs of the presence
           of Love in the world which She created.  When  
            we neglect to pay attention to the above signs
             --- "All we like sheep go astray" from Love. 
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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