Coercion

The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with coercion nor compromised by compulsion. 34:6.11

The evolution of religious observances progressed from placation, avoidance, exorcism, coercion, conciliation, and propitiation to sacrifice, atonement, and redemption. 90:0.1

Primitive man believed that something special must be done to win the favor of the gods. The rituals of avoidance, exorcism, coercion, and propitiation all merge into one another. 89:0.2

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Sacrificial system 89:0.2 — Lv 1:1-9:24.

See also

• compulsion

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