4.4.4  Resolving Apparent Contradictions

(This is an archived extract from the book Patterns of Power: Edition 2)

People may have to resolve apparent conflicts between their traditions and whatever is regarded as socially-acceptable behaviour by the society they are in.  An accommodation is always possible, given goodwill, in one of three ways – as described in the following three sub-sections:

·      There is some latitude within religious texts (4.4.4.1);

·      A permission is not an instruction to do something (4.4.4.2), so people can legitimately refrain from offending others;

·      People can take personal responsibility for conflict resolution (4.4.4.3), overruling what is said to them by others.

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