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  %FULLY UNDERSTAND ABSOLUTES WITHOUT CERTAIN DOUBT 071019
%HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE CIRCUMSTANCES GOD 071019
%OMNISCIENT OMNIPOTENT ETERNAL EVER WISE PRUDENT ID 071019
%PROJECTED ABSOLUTE POWER KNOWLEDGE WHO GOOD EVIL I 071019
%SHAKING FOUNDATIONS THOU INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IT 071019
 %FEAR AND TREMBLING COLLUSIVE GAMES OF MUTUAL SELF 071019

To  deal  wisely with ABSOLUTES we need to understand  the
kinds  of  motivations  and thinking  which  generate  and
defend ABSOLUTES.

 1.  ABSOLUTES  flow out of Tragically-Simplistic  efforts
to Simplify-Complex-Situations ---  to make it easier  for
Simple-People to Feel-Safe by Pretending-to-be-In-Control.

 2.  ABSOLUTES  Block-From-Consideration  recognitions  of
changes in Evolving-Environments due to Systemic-Processes
over  which Isolated-Small-Groups  of  Specialized-Experts
Cannot-Successfully-Exercise-Full-Control.

 3.  ABSOLUTES which are taken Deadly-Seriously --- demand
the playing of Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self-Deception --
in    order   to   maintain    Pretentious-Appearances-of:
Integrity,  Authenticity,  Respectability,  Honor,  Power,
Wealth, etc.

 4.  ABSOLUTES which are fully developed --- involve  many
forms  of  IDOLATRY  that deny the validity  of  Mutually-
Complementary-Truths which are often Bound-Together within
Truly-Profound-Paradoxes --- that seem to make no sense.

 5.  ABSOLUTES are often Affirmed-Unilaterally by  fearful
FUNDAMENTALISTS  who believe that they are God's-Favorite-
Servants  who  Know-God's-Will   more-fully-and-powerfully
than do any other mere mortals.

 6.  ABSOLUTES are favored by Concentrators-of-Wealth-and-
Powers  ---   because they are effective  in Quieting-the-
Fears   of   Complex-Situations-and-Relationships    which
Simplistic-people Cannot-Control-Fully.     ABSOLUTES  are
Profitable-Technocratic-Tools used by many Narrow-Special-
Interest-Groups of Political/Religious leaders,  preachers,
and teachers.

 7.  ABSOLUTES  are  useful  in  gaining  the  support  of
fearful   people   who  want  to  Avoid-Being-Trapped   in
positions   of:    Responsibility,    Having-made--Tragic-
Mistakes,  Having-been-Tragically-Corrupted and/or Having-
Been-Ignorant-and-Simplistic-Fools, etc.

     Be-Together in the Many-Gracious ways of Shalom.

                         (c) 2007 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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