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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (54574)	8/12/2002 6:21:37 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It depends how you conceive of power. I subsume it under all of the adjectives you used. I use "power" to reference the desire and ability to modify existence. It is simply trying to take all those adjectives to a reductionistic level. When I use "power" I do not necessarily mean OVER ANYONE ELSE. I mean simply an initiative toward security, confidence, and freedom from fear. Power itself is simply energy. When it is used to subjugate or disenfranchise others then it is clearly a negative thing. I probably assume too much when I use the word in reference to religion; but in my opinion, religion originates in an an opposition to fear, weakness, oppression, and the like. I will not adduce the aggressive reasons of hate, ambition, and moronisity. This may be a job for historians...