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This is http://www.essayz.com/a9305071.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %COMMUNAL CORPORATE INDIVIDUAL SALVATION HONEST LAW 930507 Often in religious groups there have been long and heated debates regarding the nature of the means to salvation; but almost always it has been assumed that salvation by whatever means has to do with individualistic salvation: i.e., the salvation of individuals through communally contested means to salvation pertaining to individuals. Rarely have discussions regarding salvation pertained to communal or corporate behaviors; except in regards to the tendencies for communities and corporate groups to make alienative judgements and to excommunicate their members. The roles of communities and corporate realities usually have to do with damnation, not with salvation. It would be well for us to consider the possibility that communal and corporate behaviors, realities and memberships could have far more to do with true salvation than has been acknowledged, and that individualistic behaviors might have far less to do with true salvation than has traditionally been assumed. In reality salvation has to do with being free to participating openly, honestly and safely within a community where membership in the community is not called into question due to disappointments regarding the kinds and levels of conformity of individuals to communal expectations. Thus salvation has to do with communal and corporate realities just as much as with individualistic realities. The common emphasis upon individualistic means to salvation is misleading and obscures many of the central issues. It is dishonest to talk about salvation in exclusively individualistic terms. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================