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Most wars, genocides, and tragedies in history have been waged by unquestioning followers of dominating leaders. Yet there is a strange comfort in staying within the confines of such a leader and his ideologies, even if it leads us to do evil. It frees us from the burden of thinking and from personal responsibility. We are also creatures who love the familiar, the habitual, our own group; and we are all tied deeply

"The mature believers in all religions are always forgiving, compassionate and radically inclusive. They do not create enemies, and they move beyond the boundaries of their own "starter group" while still honoring them and making use of them. Jesus the Jew criticizes his own religion the most, yet never leaves it! Mature people never are either-or thinkers but they bath in the ocean of both-and."

“Death is largely a threat to those who have not yet lived their life.”

People who know of to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place. They are not mere iconoclasts or rebels.