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This is http://www.essayz.com/a9406301.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.} ========================================================== %CORPORATE SIN RECOGNIZE NAME TALK DESCRIBE CONFESS+940630 %ACKNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATIONAL ADDICTION CODEPENDENCY+940630 %LACK OVERT GUIDANCE SEXUAL MATURATION ADOLESCENT+940630 %GROW DESIRE EXPERIENCE MASTURBATION CONNECTION+940630 %HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTINGS GOD RENEW AUTHORITARIANS 940630 Too rarely have churches sought to recognize, name, talk about, describe and confess their corporate sins as being different from their individual members' personal sins. The focus has been upon individualistic sins to divert attention from the corporate sins. In keeping with addiction to analysis it has been beyond question to assume that corporate sins are merely the arithmetic sum of individualistic sins; as physicists regard humans as merely the sum of protons, neutrons and electrons (and associated virtual particles) in chaotic motion. The corporate sins of corporate churches are most notable and least noted in regards to human sexual growth and maturation. The corporate sexual sins of the corporate church are both sins of omission and sins of commission. The corporate church has neglected to offer positive affirmations to help children and adolescents grow from childhood through adolescence into sexual maturity. In such neglect the corporate church has committed many sins of omission by failing to talk openly and honestly about all the sexual feelings, desires, and experiences which are part of growing up sexually through imperfect transition stages which are common to most adolescents. The corporate church has committed many sins of commission whereby the corporate church has systematically given the impression to young people that sex is sinful and that sexual consciousness is to be avoided as much as possible within communities which are commercially fixated upon sexuality. Yet the corporate church is paralyzed when it comes to talking with integrity about the commercial fixation upon sexual stimulations. The corporate church does not know how to be honest about sexuality, because of the collusive games of mutual self deception which characterize its approach to human sexuality. The corporate church's approach to human sexuality has been focused upon denial of sexual human: feelings, experiences, desires, knowledge, relationships, joys, and frustrations. Systematic dishonesty has been a key tool in the corporate church's approach to human sexuality and so the church has undermined the credibility of its message in the minds of adolescents who leave the corporate church in mind and spirit, even if not in body. The corporate church's approach to human sexuality has usually been one of denying the reality of imperfect transitions between sexual immaturity to sexual maturity. Masturbation which is demonstrably a exceedingly common sexual activity is virtually a taboo subject. If the corporate church cannot be open and honest in talking about masturbation---then about what controversial topic can it hope to be open and honest? As with masturbation, the corporate church has, with other imperfect sexual experiences treated them as evil because they are not perfect; and has made them be taboo, not open to honest discussion. It has been impossible to talk openly and honestly about sexual pilgrims' progress from sexual immaturity into sexual maturity---because the way is paved with imperfect sexual experiences such as masturbation, premarital sexual relationships, and extramarital sexual relationships. Thus people have been unable to learn from their imperfect sexual experiences as much as they might have learned. The corporate church has implicitly focused upon sexual conformity, but it is tied in knots when it comes to talking explicitly about the most healthy sexual experiences and connections. To what is one to conform if one is to be a healthy sexual adult? Where is the corporate church's open and honest description of what is involved in a healthy sexual relationship? How can one conform to what has not been described openly and honestly? All too often the corporate church has focused attention primarily upon the objective aspects of human sexual relationships: clothing, body parts, positions, motions, contact, etc. The objective focus upon sexual objects is coupled with neglect of the reflexive aspects of intimate relationships. Virtue has been defined in negative objective terms, rather than in positive reflexive terms. The negative emphasis has focused additional attention in ways which exacerbated the dilemmas which persist because of the exclusive way attention has been focused upon objective aspects of human sexuality. The corporate church has implicitly focused far more attention upon rules, regulations, prohibitions and taboos pertaining to sexuality, than explicitly upon the possibility of being responsive to the Holy Spirit's prompting in leading young people into healthy sexual relationships, and away from dysfunctional relationships characterized by collusions, addictions and codependent support thereof. How often has the corporate church even suggested the possibility that the Holy Spirit might be involved in sexual desires and promptings to become involved intimately to the point of sexual intimacy? How often has the corporate church implicitly but forcefully suggested the contrary? Too rarely have churches sought to recognize, name, talk about, describe and confess their corporate sins as being different from their individual members' personal sins. The focus has been upon individualistic sins to divert attention from corporate sins. In keeping with addiction to analysis, it has been beyond question to assume that corporate sins are merely the arithmetic sum of individualistic sins; as physicists regard humans as merely the sum of protons, neutrons and electrons (and associated virtual particles) in chaotic motion. The corporate church has often functioned as an "Addictive Organization" in the sense of the book by that name authored by Anne Wilson Schaef. As an addictive organization the church has been more preoccupied with addictive issues of control, than with helping church members discern the promptings of the Holy Spirit working to renew the membership and the corporate church. Where the Holy Spirit is truly at work and truly listened to, the church authoritarians cannot be effectively in control. For this reason, church authoritarians divert member's attention away from listening to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================