FAQ: What,Then, Does God Do About That?

God Did Not Create Groups
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God Created Independent Contractors.
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No Marriage in Eden,

No Vows, No obligations,

No Social Contract. And no worship, either.

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So how do we get our groups and our ideas of "marriage" self-created, back on track?

The Road Goes Down as Groups Behave Badly.

1. A group may state a goal for common good.
Publicity, persuasion follows close.
Financial backing: nothing without cash.
Elect or draft a board or other heads.

2. No mind when some decline: all at first, choice.
Vocabulary, customs, learn the buzz.
A habitat, like coral, grows around.
Make rules, procedures, exclusivity.

3. See perks accumulate for leadership.
Afford a special credence to their words.
Now, secrecy, restrict the information.
Filter, and modify to meet new ends.

4. Now inculcate. Reframe. Set agenda
That may or may not match first texts or thoughts.
Impose by propaganda. Who questions?
Accelerate. Turn on outsiders. Blame.

5. Distract. And punish those who disagree.
Supremacism for the group's precepts.
Force. Little left of first common good.
Entrenchment of the Group, finding force works.

The antidote: Strong power in dissent.

Some illustrations:
Nin - A city independent and proud.
Croatia. Bishop Gregor. 900's.
At Nin: The (claimed) world's smallest cathedral.*
Gregor of Nin: Use the local language
In services.
He did so for years.
But no. That breeds analysis and thought. Interpretation
only as prescribed.
Limit information.
Croatia Road Ways.









What if, without reference to anyone's religion, we did the following:

1. Share your wealth, whatever it is. No bigger barns. If you have it, even give it away.
2. Help.
3. Heal.
4. Teach.
5. Make your point once against something, then step aside and let the person take responsibility for his or her own decisions thereafter.

Let people make up their own minds (forego assuming right of judging). Include, rather than exclude.

Exit, mouse.