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This-essay is a9701211.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %PARADOX TRUTH HERETIC DICHOTOMY CERTAIN DESIRE+970121 %EXTREMIST FUNDAMENTALISTS TERRORISTS DOUBT REPRESS+970121 %UNCERTAINTY AMBIGUITY DECEPTION MISLEADING APPEAR+970121 %SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS MERCY JUSTICE HUMILITY SERVICE 970121 Extremists "go-all-the-way" in trying to be faithful to the exclusive truths which they seek to affirm. They let no doubts, uncertainties, ambiguities or paradoxes get in their way. What appears to them to be true, must be absolutely true; else their particular forms of faithfulness will be undermined by doubts, uncertainties, ambiguities and/or paradoxes. To maintain their own high self-esteem and self-righteousness they must be absolutely faithful, without a doubt. They stand ready to sacrifice their own integrity and the integrity of other individuals and communities to be faithful to their exclusive truths. Extremists often find it necessary to play collusive games of mutual self deception---in order to be faithful to their exclusive truths without doubts, uncertainties, ambiguities and/or paradoxes getting in their way. There is no other way to maintain the appearance of faithfulness---when what they seek to be faithful to lacks coherence and integrity. Once deception has been accepted as a useful tool in the service of a cause; there is no barrier to the expansion of deception, misleading behaviors, secrecy, dishonesty and collusive behaviors. If such spiritual and psychological violence is acceptable; it follows that all other forms of abuse and violence may also become acceptable; e.g., political, economic, religious, physical, sexual, etc. Beware of becoming an extremist in the cause of fighting extremism! To heal the wounds of extremism we must transcend the attitudes, assumptions, perceptual patterns, ideals, values, beliefs, convictions, dogmas, textual interpretations, self-righteousness and tools of choice of extremists. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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