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%GREED MOTIVATES GUIDES DISHONESTY POSSIBLE CONTEXT+030107
 %PROBABILITIES CHALLENGES DILEMMAS TECHNICAL GAMES+030107
  %COLLUSIVE PRETENSE SELF DECEPTION INSECURE HOARD+030107
 %HONORABLE ACCEPTANCE BELONG FELLOWSHIP CONDITIONS+030107
  %BELIEF CONVICTION NATURAL LAWS DESCRIBE RELIABLE+030107
%SCIENTIST ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS LEGALISTIC PATTERN 030107
                                                          
     Communities and their members disintegrate when GREED
motivates  and guides them into dealing  dishonestly  with
their     opportunities,     possibilities, probabilities,
challenges, dilemmas and technical problems; e.g.,  within
the context of unchallenged collusive games of mutual self
deception.  Such "games people play" require dishonesty as
a condition for being "accepted" honorably!   The focus of
such dishonesty often entails:                            
                                                          
     1.  Believing that the  utterly  reliable patterns of
natural cause and effect (natural laws of nature described
by   the   experimentally  confirmed  laws   of   physics,
chemistry   and   biology)     are regularly suspended (by
God?)    in order  to  grant special  personal favors   to
certain   special people  who  have  personally  "pleased"
God;   i.e.,  the "God"  who  can control  everything   to
conform  everything   to  "His Will" ---  like addicts do.
"God"   is the Supreme  Controller who is honored  by  all
addictive  people who are preoccupied with being  dominant
and "in control."                                         
                                                          
     2.  Covenanting  to achieve goals which will  require
the suspension of natural laws (with God's help?).        
                                                          
     3.  Making promises which the makers of the  promises
cannot   possibly  fulfill  because  of:   natural   laws,
limited resources, limited time,  limited powers, etc.    
                                                          
     4.  People  pretending  that  they are  in  agreement
---  while thoughtlessly  reciting   statements  of belief
which  are  contrary  to what   in  the secrets  of  their
hearts they do  not  really believe.                      
                                                          
     5.  Basing communal "unity"  upon the most vulnerable
people  submitting  their wills --- to the wills  of   the
most domineering/dishonest people in the community.       
                                                          
     6.  "Going-along-with"     dishonest     conventions,
traditions,  formalities, rituals and patterns of pretense
--- to avoid dealing with existing conflicts in honest and
open   ways --- which  can truly resolve the conflicts  to
the  benefit  of  all  those people who  are  involved  in
the  conflicts   as  --- beneficiaries,    victims,     or
concerned  on-lookers.                                    
                                                          
     7.  Insisting  on over-simplifications  according  to
which all meaningful/acceptable questions  can be answered
properly   with   either  "yes"    or  "no"    ---   while
probabilities  as  such  never  play  any  role  in  human
discussions.                                              
                                                          
     8.  Believing  that rituals of magic   are  effective
means  for  getting desired things to occur ---   in  ways
which  are contrary to the reliable patterns of cause  and
effect that are described by  thoroughly confirmed natural
laws   of   nature   working   reliably   throughout   the
universe/cosmos.                                          
                                                          
     9.  Believing-in  certain myths and cosmologies which
are inconsistent with  many  people's  own  experiences of
reliable patterns of cause and effect in their own lives. 
                                                          
    10.  Focusing     compulsively    upon     conflicting
interpretations   of  ancient  authoritative   texts   and
scriptures  ---   to  the exclusion of focusing  upon  the
regular   patterns  of  integrations  and  integrities ---
discernible now in  the   experiences   of  thoughtful and
intelligent people of today.                              
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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