Accommodation and Discretion

By John Smith

With Christian legitimacy assumed, believers should not require any accommodation for their free practice of religion. If we feel external pressure, then this may be a result of drifting away from the original community priorities of compassion and support for our neighbors. We have effectively created our own opposition by forgetting our own priorities. The task at hand is one of converting, rather than overcoming, any perceived adversaries. Our best path forward is a return to the original priorities of love, compassion and support. However, our approach needs to be updated for our changing circumstances. We have the discretion to apply creativity in making the community more accessible to our neighbors. We will need to take some risks as we adapt our approach, but those risks are mitigated if we allow criticism and constructive conflict.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Smith
• Release date: May 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215801826

John Smith

John was born in Norwich, Norfolk from a merchant family. He made his first dives among the wrecks on the east coast of the North Sea. For few years he worked on British oil rigs and then moved to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt where he worked as an underwater guide. After he moved to Thailand and then to the Philippines. He now lives in Florida where he is a diver and writes novels. His articles on diving and marine biology have been published in many magazines

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Accommodation and Discretion

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Table of Contents

Summary

Prioritization and Dissent

The Right Level of Accommodation

A Larger Community to Share the Work

Return to the Missionary Mindset

The Necessity of Risk

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A movement to produce social change is necessarily started by non-conformers. If the movement produces positive results such that even outsiders benefit from it, then the change will become the norm. If the movement is morally correct, then it will continue to be the norm over the long-term - otherwise, it will be replaced. For very successful movements, the adherents will