RM> ...for a person trained as a cleric. Their focus is not on the
RM> here-and-now in the FIRST place,
RM> and is MUCH more concerned with the individual, soul, and
RM> what comes after for the INDIVIDUAL (I'm speaking mainly of
RM> the Christian view here, as Illich is/was a priest).  On the
RM> contrary, society is concerned about the good of the whole,
RM> and what happens to the SOCIETY after...
SK>I'm not sure that you can simplify the Christian point of view to be
SK>focussed on the individual instead of society. I believe that it is
SK>mostly a result of my Christian upbringing that I feel the
SK>responsibility to others in society during our temporal existence.
I'm not disputing that societal responsibility is a 
byproduct, or that "spreading the word" is an imperative,
but the focus is clearly on the future of the individual
in the hereafter, not on the living in THIS world; would
you agree with that?
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