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To: TimF who wrote (154520)	1/11/2006 6:21:18 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Or to put it another way "God said it and I believe it.", would not be authoritarianism Sure it is. Anything that relies on a centralized authority is authoritarian. We have more or less authoritarian families and more or less authoritarian corporations and other institutions, more or less authoritarian governments, and more or less authoritarian religions. Among religion, fundamentalists, charismatic-leader cults, and the Catholic Church (the pope is infallible) are typically authoritarian. Coercion may or may not be present. Whether mom and the kiddies defer to daddy out of reverence or out of fear, daddy still is the authoritarian leader. As opposed to a more collegial or decentralized or democratic arrangement.