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 %HUMAN CONCEPTIONS CAUSE EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS FALL 041229
%ORIGINAL SIN DEVIL DISOBEY AUTHORITY CONFORMITY ID 041229
%INFANCY CHILD ADOLESCENCE ADULT OLD AGE STAGES GOD 041229
%TRINITY THEISTIC HEAVEN HELL SPACE TIME STAGES SEX 041229
 %RESPONSIBILITY BLAME SHAME EXPLAIN CONFORM TRUTHS 041229
%ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY INVULNERABLE FUNDAMENTALS FORCE 041229

     Humans'  conceptions of cause-and-effect have  passed
through  many stages.   As individual people grow  through
infancy,  childhood, adolescence,  adulthood,  and old age
they  as  individuals  grow  through  similar  stages   of
understanding  cause-and-effect relationships.   Depending
upon which stage, or combination of stages, we are in;  we
will assign responsibility, blame, or otherwise understand
what has happened,  may happen,  and what cannot happen in
ways  which  conform to our current  stage(s)   of  growth
pertaining to cause-and-effect.

     Depending   upon   our  circumstances  some  of   the
following will "make-sense"  to us;  or will seem to us to
be utter nonsense.

     1.  The  gods  in heaven make lightning  and  thunder
when they are not pleased with what we have done.

     2.  Everything which  happens  on earth is related to
whatever the gods in heaven are doing; and vice-versa.

     3.  The roots of all cause-and-effect are to be found
in  the personal relationships among the gods and  spirits
in heaven and/or the spirits in Earth; good and evil ones.

     4.  Catastrophes  on  Earth are punishments  by  the
gods for what men on earth have done; storms, earthquakes,
volcanoes, tidal-waves, plagues, wars, etc.

     5.  Who  gets  well  and who dies  depends  upon  how
effectively  people  of power and influence pray and  make
sacrifices to the gods,  to humans in power,  to religious
leaders, to political leaders, to domineering people, etc.

     6.  Many  diseases  are  caused  by   tiny  organisms
called  variously:  germs,  bacteria,  protesoa,   prions,
viruses, molds, etc.

     7.  Other  diseases are related to irregularities in
our DNA genetic codes.

     8.  Other   diseases   are  related  to   unresolved
conflicts within communities.

     9.  Storms are caused by how energy from the sun  and
the interior of the earth affect bodies of water and  air;
and by how energy is radiated out into the incredibly vast
and  cold inter-stellar spaces far from stars.

    10.  There  are  utterly reliable descriptive laws  of
nature   which  say  accurately  how  physical   processes
progress through well defined stages of evolution.

    11.  There    are   corresponding   utterly   reliable
descriptive   laws  which  say  accurately  how  spiritual
processes   progress   through  well  defined  stages   of
evolution.

    12.  There is only one God, not a multitude of gods.

    13.  God does not change, no matter what else changes.

    14.  Humans understandings of God are changeless.

    15.  Ancient humans'  understandings of God were  more
reliable  than modern depraved humans'  understandings  of
God;   we  must trust ancient  scriptures,   not  depraved
humans.

    16.  Modern   science  is  eliminating   all   ancient
superstitions which are utterly unreliable.

    17.  The  key to human health is  cleaning,   washing,
purification-rituals,   thought-purity,  spiritual-purity,
believing-true-doctrine,       eating-ritually-pure-foods,
purity-of-desires,   using-modern-disinfectants,  getting-
immunizations-shots,    taking-proper-medicines,   getting
annual physical exams, making-proper-religious-professions
and much much more.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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