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%HONOR FATHER MOTHER PARENTS ANCESTORS ACHIEVEMENTS 050412
%WORSHIP WAR MYTH REDEMPTIVE VIOLENCE COERCION SINS 050412
%COMPLEMENTARY VIRTUES VICES IDEALS VALUES MORALITY 050412
 %ULTIMATE UNILATERAL CONCERNS IDOLATRY FEARS GOODS 050412
%RESPECT ADMIRE AUTHENTICITY COHERENCE INTEGRATIONS 050412
%RECONCILIATION APOLOGY REPENTANCE TOLERANCE HUMBLE 050412

     Honoring parents and ancestors is problematic.   They
may  have  concentrated wealth and power  to our advantage
---   at the expense of the most poor and vulnerable.  Are
we to honor all that our parents and ancestors did to  our
advantage?     Many of our ancestors  fought  un-just-wars
that were motivated by greed, fear, paranoia, etc.  Are we
to honor them for winning such unjust wars?

     Can  we be free of the consequences of our ancestors'
vices?  Can we free ourselves from the consequences of our
ancestors'  vices?  Are the two questions equivalent?   If
they are not equivalent ---  how are they different?   How
can  we  be  free of the consequences  of  our  ancestors'
vices?     Can  we  be  fully  and   unequivocally   free?
Partially-free?  To what extent?   In what ways?

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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