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 %INVITATION TAKE CHOSE SIDES STAND CAUSE ISSUE SIN+000424
%CONTEST CONFLICT CONTENTION ENEMY LOYAL FRIEND GOD+000424
 %BATTLE WIN LOSE HONOR RESPECT APPEARANCES SYSTEMS+000424
 %DOMINATION ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS INTEGRATIVE LOVE+000424
 %COOPERATE BALANCE SUPPORT RECONCILE HEAL SICKNESS 000424
                                                          
When we are invited,  encouraged,  or moved towards taking
sides in a contest, conflict or battle --- we will do well
to  seek  to discern answers  to  the  following important
questions:                                                
                                                          
1.  Will  we  thereby  be  likely  to  become  thoughtless
supporters   of  "The  Domination  System"   which   takes
advantage of:  children, women, minorities; and people who
are  poor,  weak,  sick,  ignorant, confused,  imprisoned,
vulnerable, mentally ill, or otherwise incapacitated.     
                                                          
2.  Will  the  major benefits go to people who  are  rich,
strong,    healthy,   educated,   self-confident,    free,
"invulnerable", mentally "ok", and of full capacities?    
                                                          
3.  Are the  ostensible  purposes/goals  of the dominators
the  real  ones;  or covers for their efforts to keep "The
Domination System"  in business, as domineering contenders
over  the ostensible purposes/goals make it look like  the
winner of their battle will  make-life-good-for: children,
women,  minorities;  and people who are poor, weak,  sick,
ignorant,  confused, imprisoned, vulnerable, mentally ill,
or otherwise incapacitated.                               
                                                          
4.  Is  there any reason to think that the fruits will  be
sweet  for such dis-advantaged  people ---   once  certain
advantaged people have become unquestionably  the dominant
people?    Has such a miracle at  the  hands  of  dominate
people ever been reliably reported?                       
                                                          
5.  Do   we  recognize  at  least  the   following   three
alternatives?                                             
                                                          
a.  Take  a  stand with group "A"  in trying  to  dominate
group "B".                                                
                                                          
b.  Take  a  stand with group "B"  in trying  to  dominate
group "A".                                                
                                                          
c.  Take  a  stand in trying to understand and to  subvert
"The  Domination System"  which is supported by both group
"A" and group "B".                                        
                                                          
Beware of dichotomous people who make it seem that God  is
on  their  side of some important battle,   conflict,   or
contentious effort.                                       
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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