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From: krista@ihuxr.UUCP (k.j.anderson)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Responsibility and obedience
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 18:12:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 18:12:52 1984
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<hi>
     I fully agree with Ken's concern, even alarm at blind
obedience.  Perhaps the trouble started with the aphorism, "judge
not lest ye be judged."  When we cease to make value judgements we
have become something less than human.  The quote should be
interpreted as "don't have a judgemental holier-than-thou attitude
because nobody's perfect".  No responsible religious leader would
encourage people to quit thinking nor to be unquestioningly obedient
nor to stop making value judgements.  Only an authoritarian dictator
would do that.  It is our ability, our tendancy to construct a
system of values which makes us more human, less animal.
                        ihuxr!krista (k.j.anderson)