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Healthy religious authority

Healthy religious authority is earned through demonstrated wisdom and character, exercised with accountability, and always pointing away from itself toward truth larger than the authority figure. When leaders demand unquestioned obedience or discourage questions, they've crossed from guidance into spiritual coercion.

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