As you are aware, the locus of my research efforts of late has been
one of addressing directly the administrative and procedural aspects
of the issue at hand, I.e., the collection, categorization, and
subsequent dissemination of the relevant material provided courtesy
the Department of Health and Human Services, inclusive of the
applicable sections of the Code of Federal Regulations.
The mundane aspects of such categorization having wrought something of
an intimate familiarity with said documents, I now find myself turning
my attention toward other avenues of exploration.  Your model of the
system as one of having the characteristics of a Civil-religious cult,
while intriguing, was relegated to that of back burner interest, and
allowed to simmer while I prepared the main course, so to speak.
Indeed, the answers to some vexing questions were forthcoming.  Why
any judge, presumably familiar with the rules of evidence and of
proper judicial procedure, would countenance the transgressions
addressed in this forum was one such question, the answer to which was
provided, at least in part, by the Department of Health and Human
Services "Court Improvement Program" directives.
Still, the underlying question that remains is one of motivation. That
administrative breakdown is, to one extent or another, evident in many
instances is certain.  It is reasonable to conclude that the dynamics
may be inclusive of promoting ones career advancement, of spending the
grant monies in order to avoid "negative funding," as detailed in a
DHHS directive posted herein some weeks ago, a varying degree of
incompetence, a result of under-staffing in the face of too large a
caseload, and/or a backlash in response to a perceived societal
mandate, to some extent driven by hysteria.
Roger Brown is obviously an intelligent man, and likely not one to
utter such commentary without some findings to substantiate his claim.
Without prejudice, I turn my attention to your theory of the Civil-
religious cult, and find myself astonished at the body of material I
find in support of your thesis.
While it would be premature on my part to render further commentary,
my initial impressions are that there does exist a core of literature
that serves to define the basic precepts of that which does fit your
metaphor of the Civil-religion.  My initial impression is also one of
a pervasive theme throughout the ever-outwardly-expanding body of the
literature that quite naturally follows.  I hasten to add that if
there does exist something to which I can appropriately attach the
label of "bible" I have yet to find it.
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