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%FOCUS SCRIPTURE SELECTION INTERPRETATION TRUE LOVE 051125
%CONCENTRATE ATTENTION PRIORITY NEGLECT LACK MISSED 051125
%NEGLECT IGNORE INSENSITIVE NEGLECT INDIFFERENT GOD 051125
%COMPLEMENTARY PEOPLE IDEALS VALUES PRINCIPLES EVIL 051125
%RELATIONSHIPS ALIENATED ESTRANGED SEPARATED REJECT 051125
%NEIGHBOR HOSPITALITY GENEROUS DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE 051125

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     Commandments  found  in scriptures  have  often  been
interpreted by Domineering-People in ways which have:

     1.  Concentrated Power-and-Wealth into the  hands  of
the Most-Domineering-People-Around  ---  at the expense of
the Most-Vulnerable-People-Around.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     2.  Led  to   the   sacrifice  of   many   forms   of
Integrations-and-Integrities ---  where  the Integrations-
and-Integrities  having been guided by The-Holy-Spirits of
God-as-Love.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     3.  Led to beliefs in God and/or Gods who are: Angry,
Unchanging,  Domineering,  Violent, Destructive, Coercive,
Greedy, Self-Centered, etc.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     4.  Led  people  Away-From  focusing  attention  upon
INTEGRATIVE: Kindness,  Hospitality,  Generosity, Justice,
Sharing, Giving,  Civility, Honesty, Authenticity,  Trust,
Friendships, Intimacies, Faith, Hope and Love.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     5.  Led  people  to   Focus-Favorably-Upon-Conformal:
Appearances, Behaviors, Rituals, Recitations, Confessions,
Pretentions, Role-Models, etc.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     6.  Led people to Show-Reverence for a Single-One  or
an Isolated-Few-Dominant:  Mortals,  Ideal-Forms,  Ideals,
Values,     Principles,    Commands,    Laws,     Demands,
Prescriptions,  Proscriptions, Taboos,  Theories,  Truths,
Assertions, etc.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     7.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Behaviors.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     8.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-God-Talk.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

     9.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Economics.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    11.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Politics.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    12.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Religions.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    13.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Sciences.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    14.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Technologies.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    15.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Legalisms.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

    16.  Led to Patterns-of-Alienative-Judgementalism.

         Not guided by The-Holy-Spirit of God-as-Love.

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     We can safely be guided by Our-Own-Experiences of the
Fruits-of-Scriptural-Interpretations    Shared-Openly-and-
Honestly   with  True-Lovers   Demonstrating-Distributive-
Justice-for-All in Authentic-Sanctuaries.

     We   can  NOT  be  safely  guided  by  any  kind   of
Domineering-People  or any kind of Dominant-Authority that
shows little, if any,  respect for:  Us,  Our-Experiences,
Our-Needs or Our-Sanctuaries.

     We can NOT be safely guided by any kind of "Superior-
Scriptures"   Selected-and/or-Interpreted  by  any kind of
Domineering-People or  by any  kind of  Dominant-Authority
that  show  little,   if  any,   respect for:   Us,   Our-
Experiences, or Our-Needs or Our-Sanctuaries.

     Be-Aware-of  and Beware-of scriptures which have been
Selected-and/or-Interpreted  by any  kind of  Domineering-
People  or   any kind of  Dominant-Authority  which  shows
little, if any, respect for us, our experiences, our needs
or Our-Sanctuaries.

          Enjoy being together in The Way of Shalom!

                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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