well i was for sure i had posted a power vs control thought process/line and apparently i have not.

Ok so in Acedemia (as far as comm 245 and antrhopology goes) the most concise and deffinitions for power and control are:

Power: The ways and means to exert control.

Control: The action of exerting power to achieve something.

These definitions are both pretty broad and loose ended but can fit almost any circumstance due to that flaw. in my mind next is how indirect can an action be to still assume control of a situation. Then it comes to mind a sidewind of any sort is absent mindedly controlling the side issue. So say a group of terrorists blows up a plane. They exerted power to control whether the plane was going to leave the airport or not. indirectly they controlled whether those passengers were going to make it to florida for christmas. indirectly they control if a kid saw their dad or not. Was the goal of the terrorists to stop or control the circumstance of a dad and kid seeing each other? Not really, they felt it was collateral for those killed in their own home lands. Does the general American public feel controlled or were there emotions manipulated by the exerted power to destroy a plane? not really since they went about their day and heard a blip about some plane on CNN or Fox News.

Ok, so we looked at the case study, what was the meaning of control again? “The action of exerting power to achieve something.” So something was accomplished, just not exactly what the terrorists wanted. Now lets look at the deffinition of a terrorist:

ˈterrorist noun
a person who tries to frighten people or governments into doing what he/she wants by using or threatening violence

terror/terrorism is random misc. violence.But its all been routinized to the extent that it doesnt matter to Americans anymore. Its just like the Joker said in the latest movie “The Dark Knight” :You know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”…even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I told the press that, like, a gang-banger will get shot, or a truck load of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it’s all part of the plan. But when I say that one little old mayor will die…[voice rises hysterically] well, then everyone loses their minds!”

So over time, Routine inherently changes control to nothingness.

To bring this full circle, As christians when we go to church, bible study, pray, and everything is a routine????? well then the changes and effects and the control over the holy spirit can become stale. Our christian walk can become stale and routine and whatever change is in our lives, turns to nothing. So what promotes renewing? Well we are to continually renew our minds, its in the bible. another thing that helps, and is something alot of people hate – Change.