Phil Beaver
seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The
comment box below invites readers to write.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society.
Consider writing a personal
paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens mutual equality: For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and
paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows: This good citizen practices the U.S. disciplines---integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, "in order to” develop responsible
human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.” I want to improve my interpretation by
listening to other citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the
original, 1787, text, unless it is amended by the people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one has challenged whether or
not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this
independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states
deliberately managed by disciplined fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the people who
collaborate for human justice.
Every citizen
has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in
the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try
somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the
goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies
grandchildren. “Freedom of religion,” which fellow citizens have no means to
discipline, oppresses freedom to develop integrity.
Selected theme from this week
A First Amendment that promotes civic integrity might improve
the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court pretends to defend the law: the U.S.
Constitution and the consequential legislation. However, they support the imposition
of religious opinion in order to justify English precedents rather than submit
to the intentions of the combination of the 1776 declaration of war against
England and the 1787 U.S. Constitution. It comports to the Genesis 1:27-28
charge to female&male-human-being to independently constrain chaos on
earth.
The Court should have in 1791 informed the Congress that
their religion-Congress-partnership is tyranny to the above 3 documents and
against We the People of the United Sates. Their sorry opinion in Greece v
Galloway (2014) calls my concern “niggling”.
Quora
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-real-right-or-wrong-beyond-mere-opinion-1?
by Finn McBride
I
think so. It isn’t easy, but the discipline needed to constrain opinion has
been suggested.
It
isn’t easy, because proffered culture to pursue the-ineluctable-truth has not
been established. That is, there is no civilization developing humble-integrity
whereby a person may measure their personal-integrity.
First,
physics and its
progeny, including imagination and psychology, exist. The human being
may accept three
responsibilities--- individual power, individual energy, and individual
authority (HIPEA) and use HIPEA to develop humble-integrity to
the-ineluctable-truth rather than to tolerate infidelity to their-person. I
call this concept “responsible-human-independence” using the hyphens to urge
readers not to modify the phrase.
A
culture of humble-integrity develops statutory justice by which to
constrain fellow-citizens who tolerate infidelity. Infidelity emerges when a
person chooses metaphysics to guide behavior; metaphysics is human
construct that attempts to defy the-ineluctable-evidence. The person who stops
believing “I don’t know”, when they don’t know, may attempt to defy physics or
become a civic-infidel.
The
civic-infidel can restore civic-citizenship the moment they perceive self-interest in
humble-integrity. Then, nothing prevents them from perfecting their unique
human-being before mind, body, and person stop functioning.
I
wish I had been reared in a culture of humble-integrity. Instead, I live in a nation
that until now is unintentionally dominated by religious opinion.
By
combining the founder’s claims in the 1776 declaration of war against England
with the framers’ civil order specified in the 1787 U.S. constitution, the
entity We the People of the United States intends 5 public disciplines “in
order to” develop responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our
Posterity”. The disciplines are integrity, justice, peace, strength, and prosperity.
The
1776 and 1787 combination conform to the charge to female&male-human-being
in Genesis 1:27-28: constrain chaos on earth. The author claims the charge was
delivered by God. Failing to accept the self-interest of humble-integrity, most
civilizations struggle to subjugate the God rather than practice
responsible-human-independence. They suffer infidelity.
The
political philosophy in Genesis 1:27-28 separates church and state; metaphysics
and physics; belief and humility. In conformity, the 1776 and 1787 combination
separates church and state. However, Congress, in 1791, defied all three
documents to impose a religion-Congress-partnership.
The
“ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021 must hold Congress accountable for the
tyranny of civil religious-opinion. Before 2022, reform the First
Amendment from “Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof . . .” to “No elected or appointed official in the United States
will act to constrain individual or national development of civic integrity” or
better. With this provision, fellow citizens, including Congresspersons can
practice religious opinion in privacy and defend the U.S. Constitution in
public.
Readers who want this reform, please write your
Congressperson and Senators with your own developed arguments and proposal.
Take seriously the opportunity to reform by 2022.
Your
“real right or wrong” is derived from the-ineluctable-evidence rather than
opinion. Attempts to base U.S. Supreme Court opinion on the law, especially
obsolete English common law, will continue the U.S. journey to chaos.
FB add on: The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion that they
preserve the law will maintain the divergent chaos we are in, unless
the-ineluctable-truth becomes the standard for Court decisions. The U.S.
Constitution is amendable, the intention is that “our Posterity” will set the
standards for responsible-human-independence, and amended law will approach
statutory justice as fast as possible.
https://www.quora.com/Are-all-people-really-equal-as-we-usually-hear-about?
by Jack Manatawa
I
don’t think so.
Every
human ovum is unique, and the steps in forming a human-being do not lessen the
individuality. Every human infant has the individual power, the individual
energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop self-interest or
tolerate infidelity. Some persons choose to pursue humble-integrity as a
standard of behavior. Most don’t and thereby invite infidelity rather than
perfection of their person.
https://www.quora.com/If-you-had-to-choose-between-absolute-freedom-of-speech-without-any-
https://www.quora.com/Did-President-Trump-embody-peace-through-strength?
by Stef Lynn
Absolutely;
in my opinion (I don’t know the-ineluctable-truth).
He
amazed me with his application of the advice in Matthew 7:6, in my view: “Don’t give to [Democrats]
what is known, and don’t throw your strategy to the pigs. If you do, they may
trample them under their feet, then turn and attack you.”
His
undoing is the Christian-GOP pigs, whom he did not recognize as the principal
cause of the competitive swamp. Mike Pence “witnessed” for Jesus Christ, a
mystery no human-being knows and thus cannot witness-for, on January 4, 2021,
then betrayed the U.S. Commander-in-Chief, his former election-mate, on January
6. Only We the People of the United States can end such tyranny against Genesis
1:26-27 (the Jesus of “I AM” the author?), the 1776 Declaration, and the 1787
Constitution.
We,
the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” must amend the First Amendment so as to
promote civic integrity rather than religious opinion. And the amended First
Amendment must apply to all elected and appointed officials in the U.S., rather
than Congress only. We need this done before 2022.
I
hope Trump runs and wins in 2024. I would need proof of voluntary behavior as a
member of We the People of the United States, as proffered in the preamble, for
any Christian who might want to be the running mate. (Mormons, as saints,
cannot submit to the U.S. Constitution; Romney?) I never trusted Pence, yet was
gravely disappointed that he does not separate church and state, in conformity
to Genesis 1:27-28.
I
write to learn and would appreciate comments.
FB
add on: President
Trump embodied peace through strength, excepting voluntary dependence on the
Christians who don’t want separation of church and state.
https://www.quora.com/If-you-had-to-choose-between-absolute-freedom-of-speech-without-any-limitations-legal-consequences-whatsoever-or-limited-freedom-of-speech-where-some-forms-of-speech-could-be-punishable-by-law-including-imprisonment?
by Chris Longford
I
have urged the Louisiana legislature to add enforcement to an excellent
statement in Article 1 of the State constitution:
Ҥ7. Freedom of Expression Section
7. No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or of the press.
Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on any subject, but
is responsible for abuse of that freedom.”
For example, it should be clear that if someone starts a
panic that results in injury or death, they should suffer law enforcement. A
church that nurtures a couple who orphan their children by poisonous-snake
handling ought to be criminally prosecuted. Similarly, false press (fake news)
that directly causes injury or death should suffer law enforcement.
Political lies that do not cause injury must be allowed so
that the liars can expose themselves. On the other hand, lying by a Supreme
Court Justice should cause impeachment.
Lastly, the First Amendment needs reform so as to promote
humble-integrity rather than support religious-opinion.
I write to learn and would appreciate comments.
https://www.quora.com/Is-the-term-integrity-often-confused-with-the-core-values-of-justice-fairness-and-honesty-upon-which-a-person-maintains-his-integrity?
by Viktor Bondarchuk
Maybe
so.
I
think the principal problem is pride in personal-integrity rather than
commitment-to humble-integrity, the standard. With sufficient humility, a
person accepts “I don’t know” when they don’t know. If knowing is critical,
they do the work to discover the-ineluctable-truth, provided it has been
discovered. If not, “I don’t know” remains appropriate.
A
question made critical by human construct is: Does God exist? To reserve
sufficient humility to whatever controls the unfolding of the universe, it
seems prudent to accept “I don’t know.” Or, consider Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibnitz’ question: Why is there something? Again, accepting “I don’t know”
seems prudent.
Many
questions can be positively answered. Is the earth flat? No, it’s like a globe.
Will the sun come out tomorrow? No, the earth’s rotation on its axis will
unhide the sun tomorrow. With no dense clouds, the sun will be visible while
the earth continues to spin at 1100 mph to the evening re-hiding.
I
have trouble with the decision to “believe” something. It’s OK to speculate and
declare the consequential thought. For example, St. John said that Jesus said,
“Before Abraham was born I am” and St. Matthew said that Jesus said, “Render
unto Caesar . . . “ Perhaps Jesus is the author of Genesis 1:27-28, which seems
to charge female&male human-being to independently constrain chaos on
earth. Another possibility is that the historical Jesus actually said that
awareness of female&male human-being’s power, energy, and authority to
provide peace on earth was appreciated before Abraham was born.
I
accept that I don’t know. Nevertheless, I work diligently to constrain chaos
during life. I accept the afterdeath I face.
I
write to learn and therefore appreciate readers’ comments.
FB
add on: Integrity seems misunderstood: “I don’t know”
should be heard more often.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-rights-and-responsibilitiesofalearnertoateacher?
by Mohau Moloto
The teacher must know that their function is to coach and
encourage the student to accept being a human-being and to prepare for
responsible-human-independence in an era the teacher cannot imagine.
The student must be open-minded to accept being a
human-being and develop the self-discipline to acquire the comprehension and
intention to live a complete human life, both chronologically and
psychologically; that is, to develop both civic and private integrity.
Neither government nor God will even try to usurp
female&male human-being’s responsibility to establish independence (Genesis
1:27-28); develop humble-integrity (13 colonies’ 1776 declaration of war
against England); and accept membership in “ourselves and our Posterity”, in
the U.S. the entity We the People of the United States; or hold accountable to
1787 statutory justice the fellow-citizens whom they elect or whom the
elected-representatives appoint to public office. The 1787 U.S. Constitution
specifies no standards for the nation’s purpose, making it clear that Posterity
will approach the ultimate responsible-human-independence.
These three historical records establish the “responsibilitiesofalearnertoateacher”.
The only human right I am aware of is the freedom-to apply HIPEA to develop
humble-integrity and thereby perfect a unique life. The female&male
human-being has the individual power, the individual energy, and the individual
authority (HIPEA) to acquire intolerance for infidelity in their life.
The culture that is not coaching and encouraging these
principles and better to their youth and beyond needs reform. All U.S.
Education Departments need these reforms.
FB add on: Authentic
teachers coach and encourage as they present discovery, perhaps for Posterity
to improve, while sincere students accept the responsibility to acquire
comprehension and intention to conduct the complete human life their unique
person deserves.
https://www.quora.com/When-we-teach-our-children-ethics-and-morality-are-we-helping-them-to-live-better-lives-or-are-we-potentially-hindering-their-chances-of-success-in-our-society?
by Peter Coultas
Wow! You remind me of 1983 when I was father with the most
fantastic woman I ever knew---serenely confident---and I knew not how to help
her guide our 3 children but did not like the religious exclusivity they were
repeating every weekend. (She’s my wife of 51 years.)
Thank goodness I read Kahlil Gibran’s “On Children” and
adapted it to my way of thinking:
For the parent and We the People of the United States:
Your children are
with you yet are their own persons.
You grant them
appreciation and may encourage and coach their thoughts.
You may strive to
be like them; but seek not to make them like you.
For human
understanding goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
Since then, I have discovered 3 fantastically neglected
documents: an ancient political philosophers’ suggestion in Genesis 1:27-28,
the founder’s conformity in the 1776 declaration of war, and the framers’ 1787
Constitution. All three documents suggest responsible-human-independence with
civic integrity and private hope: separation of necessary state and optional,
private church.
The intention is expressed in the abstract proposition that
is proffered in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution: The entity We the People
of the United States commits-to and trusts-in 6 civic disciplines---justice,
integrity, peace, strength, prosperity, and responsible-human-independence, “in
order” to promote humble-integrity “to ourselves and our Posterity”.
There is no standard for each of the 6 disciplines, meaning
that “ourselves” wants to perform with the integrity that our children will
develop! At age 77, I can tell you that I cannot touch the goodness of our
children. Notice that the preamble does not include religion in the
disciplines: private hope is not a civic discipline, unless the individual
wants it to help them perform in a conflicted world. (My happiness is with
faith in the-ineluctable-truth, most of which is unknown; individual happiness
with responsible-human-independence seems the-good.)
FB add on: Kahlil
Gibran, “On Children” and the preamble to the U.S. Constitution suggest adult
empowerment: try living by the-good that posterity will develop.
https://www.quora.com/What-impact-on-society-had-Ren%C3%A8-Descartess-philosophy/answer/Phil-Beaver-1?
From 11/13/2016, comment by William Whitten
I think education needs to be reformed so as to coach and encourage
youth to accept that they are a human being. And perhaps starting at ages 3 to
13, depending upon the unique person’s pace of maturing, coach and encourage
them that, as a human being, they have the individual power, the individual
energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop the humble-integrity by
which to practice responsible-human-independence until body and mind stop
functioning.
Fear of death is the human construct by which preachers and
politicians convince people to be “governed by consent”. Check the money
formula in the second verse of the song: “Twas grace that taught my heart to
fear And grace my fears relieved.”
https://www.quora.com/Are-moral-laws-derived-from-the-law-of-the-state?
by Allen Palomata
Absolutely not.
I think both the facts and the
representation of the facts follow the same laws. They exist as physics and its
progeny, including psychology and imagination.
Thus, the person who claims to know and
does not represent the-ineluctable-evidence is lying. Humble-integrity requires
a person to accept “I don’t know” when they don’t know. The ineluctably-good
person never lies, in order to lessen human loss and misery.
Regarding the reasons not to ever lie, we
can readily perceive that most Congresspersons think they lie to lessen human
loss and misery. The Supreme Court is also political. Don’t look to government
for morality.
I gained confidence in these statements by
reading political philosophy authored by Albert Einstein, but do not agree with
his word choices. For example, his 1954 quote “science without religion
is lame, religion without science is blind” I think means: Research without integrity is ruinous,
integrity without research is ineffectual.” There’s no place for “religion” in
either my statement or Einstein’s meaning, whatever it is.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-obstacles-of-liberty-according-to-Jean-Jacque?
by Beaty Mshani
A scholastic analysis of Rousseau’s
“freedom” (rather than “liberty”) may be found at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rousseau/#RousClaiRecoFreeAuth.
Modern scholarship regarding seventeenth
and eighteenth century thought does not begin with parsing for 2021
understanding the frequently used words and phrases. I work diligently to
create a glossary that civic citizen may use to connect. I have a standing
request for readers to improve it. It is maintained at
promotethepreamble.blogspot.com. In my view, at this moment, at stake in human
success is the freedom-to develop humble-integrity toward
the-ineluctable-truth, which does not empower government to license the liberty-to
dominate fellow-citizens.
If you study the passage I recommended
above, you’ll see that Rousseau never came to grips with the necessity for
female&male human-being to constrain chaos during their lives, in order to
thrive rather than merely survive. This is inexcusable, because the suggestion
was proffered at humankind’s research-transition from polytheism to monotheisms
and philosophies. Thus, political philosophy that was constructed in the gap
between unawareness and discovery that the dinosaurs died off 65 million years
ago. More than 4,000 years ago, someone primitively expressed that
female&male human-being must constrain chaos among living species and on
earth. The literature reference, Genesis 1:27-28, in modern terms, suggests
fidelity to physics and its progeny including biology and psychology,
commitment to discovering physics and how to responsibly benefit, and accepting
the message that peace on earth is possible only with
responsible-human-independence (RHI). This message invites conflict between
individuals who practice RHI and persons who do not perceive the self-interest in
humble-integrity.
The point that Rousseau missed is that “governance by
consent” is a political indoctrination that empowers the proponent. The only
“right” that is “natural” to female&male human being is the freedom-to
develop the humble-integrity that is necessary for
responsible-human-independence.
FB add on: The indoctrination “government by consent” empowers the
proponent---in the U.S., the civil clergy-Congressperson-partnership. It is
pastime for “ourselves and our Posterity” to stop enslaving ourselves in 400
year-old English and French psychological-conflict and establish
U.S.-public-discipline according to the founders’ 1776 Declaration plus the
framer’s 1787 Constitution. Continually write to your Congressperson and
Senators your demand to set aside the 1791 First Amendment’s
religion-Congress-partnership, in order to establish
responsible-human-independence in the United States.
I suggest
amending “Congress shall . . . religion . . .” (First Amendment) to “No
government official in the United States shall act to constrain the development
of responsible-human-independence . . .”
https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-example-in-your-life-in-which-you-stayed-true-to-your-morals-and-showed-integrity?
by Unknown Student
Local bosses planned to lie to the government
on behalf of my company. By developing the integrity of a patriot, I effected
termination of the plan. The local bosses fired me and sent me home. It was the
hardest time for my young family of five. But the company increased my
responsibilities during another 30 years’ service.
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-limits-of-free-speech-and-if-there-are-limits-how-do-you-go-beyond-those-limits?
by Graham C Lindsay
Having answered 2 related questions you posted, Mr. Lindsay,
I choose to address plagiarism, both civic and civil.
Civil plagiarism is whatever the law stipulates and
enforces. Therefore, it is controversial and can be subjected to civil court,
where it becomes whatever the judge decides. In my view, the accuser needs
ineluctable evidence and otherwise ought not act.
Civic plagiarism is in the behavior of the
writer/speaker/expressionist. If the author believes they are sharing someone
else’s thought, they are prudent to say so, especially if they paraphrase prior
writing. For example, I sometimes stretch the record by claiming I am borrowing
from Abraham Lincoln when I write the phrase: 6 public disciplines of, by, and
for fellow-citizens. The “of, by, and for” syntax is often used without
reference to Lincoln. Moreover, my thought in no way connects with Lincoln’s
dream in “government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the earth”. Such government never existed
and is an artifact of English tyranny against citizens.
After writing many essays with
footnotes to associate my thoughts with others, I realize that the reader
cannot relate to my reflections. So I am better off letting the reader use
their Internet search powers. For example, my thought that an ineluctably good
citizen in civic connection neither initiates nor tolerates harm is difficult
to extract from Agathon’s speech in Plato’s “Symposium”, which I have interpreted
for appreciation
rather than love for 2 decades now.
I think we are in a transition to
unconstrained freedom of speech, excepting direct plagiarism, which can readily
be discovered with Internet search. The civic need for footnotes to reference
controversial prior thought is waning, I think.
I write to learn and would
appreciate comments.
https://www.quora.com/What-if-any-would-be-the-most-effective-techniques-to-counter-the-rise-of-misinformation-cognitive-bias-denial-of-reality-nonexistent-critical-thinking-abilities-and-willful-ignorance-Is-it-possible-to-reverse-the?
by Chris Guerrieri
We, the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” can establish a
proffered-culture of responsible-human-independence.
The power of being human is suggested in three worthy
documents. First, the culture is primitively suggested to
female&male human being in Genesis 1:27-28: independently dominate the
other living species and subdue the earth. I appreciate the suggestion to
constrain chaos in my life; for example, I earn and pay taxes. Second,
the 1776 founders declared war against England. Their words and phrases separate
church from state. Intentionally or not, the founders conformed to the
Genesis-1 suggestion. Third, the framers, in the
1787 U.S. Constitution offered no ideas that lessen the humble-integrity the
founders expressed in the 1776 Declaration. The signers proffered 6 public
disciplines: integrity, justice, peace, strength, prosperity, and
responsible-human-independence, “in order to” promote humble-integrity “to
ourselves and our Posterity”.
The entity We the People of the United Sates can establish a
culture of responsible-human-independence in less than a generation. I will
mention only two of a myriad of reforms. First, fellow-citizens must
reform the First Amendment---from Congress protecting religious opinion to no
official in the U.S. constraining civic integrity. Many necessary reforms will
then be obvious, such as restoration of the motto “E Pluribus Unum”, with
application to the-Gods.
Second, education of the nation’s youth and beyond must
reform. Not just parents, but the entire community must coach and encourage
children to accept being a human being; accept the responsibility to develop
the comprehension and intention to live a complete human life; accept the
individual power, the individual energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA)
to develop humble-integrity rather than tolerate infidelity to self; and
responsibly-pursue the happiness they desire rather than submit to the image
someone else has for them. Then, “ourselves” may hope to approach the
humble-integrity “our Posterity” will discover.
But not every fellow-citizen will participate, so the
development of statutory justice must continue, in order to approach the
standards that posterity will discover.
Readers who like this message are urged to compose their
message to their Congressperson and Senators in hopes of establishing the
culture of responsible-human-independence in 2022 or sooner.
FB add on: A
concrete, document-based proposal---responsible-human-independence; to end the
chaos the U.S. has reached after 230 years under the tyranny of
unconstitutional religion-Congress-partnership. They live high on the hog and
we pay the loss and misery we don't pass on to our children.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Do-you-agree-that-descriptive-is-better-than-normative-definitions-of-morality-Why?
by Bins Layden
Taking “descriptive” to mean objective and nonjudgmental and
“normative” to mean permissible, descriptive is better for researching to
discover the-ineluctable-truth and normative is better for controlling a
civilization, society, or association.
For example, the ineluctably good citizen never lies, in
order to lessen human misery and loss. Congresspersons routinely lie, in order
to preserve the religion-Congress partnership they created in the First
Amendment.
We, the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” could end the
tyranny by reforming the First Amendment from
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . “ to “No elected or appointed
official in the U.S. will act to constrain individual/collective development of
civic integrity . . . “ or better.
To Robbi Oumansof:
The-ineluctable-truth
does not respond to the person’s quality. Personal integrity is measured by
humble-integrity to the-ineluctable-evidence.
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-right-of-response-within-a-freedom-of-speech?
by Graham C Lindsay
Absolutely.
The usual hypothetical is injury inflicted by the prank of
yelling “Fire!” in a crowded space. The citizen who observes such an act should
get the person’s name, picture, or description and report to first responders
immediately.
In a public protest situation, if one group is licensed for
time and place, the other group is prudent to also have a permit with time and
place. Nevertheless, individuals are free to speak or display ideas to
counter-speak the protest.
Similarly, freedom of religion is not unlimited. For
example, a couple who orphans their children by Biblical snake handling cannot
influence the court in deciding which family members have the privilege of
child-care or adoption.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-the-concepts-held-as-freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-expression-equate-to-the-same-thing?
by Graham C Lindsay
I don’t know the legal details, but art is a form of writing
and publishing. Concerning protests, freedom of speech is considered with
freedom to assemble for civil complaint. Governments attempt to avoid civic
conflict by permitting/licensing locations for political speech. Painting
someone’s property is vandalism, so municipalities provide designated space for
graffiti. Art deemed too explicit for children to view is restricted. At stake
in the controversies I’ve touched on is who does the judging?
My state, Louisiana reserves the right-to and suggests
liability-for spoken and written expression: “No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or
of the press. Every person may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on any
subject, but is responsible for abuse of that freedom.” I have
written to the legislature to issue laws to strengthen the liability concern.
Injury that is directly caused by speech ought to be constrained.
For
example, if someone calls 911 to initiate a police-entrapment the caller should
be discovered, arrested, and face prosecution.
Some
members of the Democrat Party (e.g., Kamala Harris) seem unwilling to accuse
rioters of rioting when they associate with civil protest, whether licensed or
impromptu. Without such political cunning, I think municipalities are
positioned to constrain violence.
Being
a person who trusts-in and commits-to the-ineluctable-truth, most of which is
unknown, I have written and spoken since about 1996 against the U.S. imposition
of religion in civil life. My concern is held as niggling by the U.S. Supreme
Court (Greece v Galloway, 2014). It is common for Congresspersons to “witness”
for God and His Son Jesus Christ as justification to oppose the U.S.
Constitution. However, no person can witness for a controversial mystery. It is
time to end the tyranny of religion-Congress-partnership.
Readers
who agree, write your Congressperson and Senators your demand to reform the
First Amendment so as to promote civic humble-integrity rather than civil
religious-pride. With 2/3 of “ourselves and our Posterity” immediately supporting
and writing for the reform, it can happen before 2022.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-practical-to-promote-a-global-agenda-for-any-specific-cause-or-potential-concern-in-the-present-and-through-the-future-Could-any-area-of-concern-actually-be-universally-beneficial-to-humanity-or-is-it-all?
by Jake Vogel
A Mesopotamian political philosopher 4-thousand years-ago
suggested that (of necessity) female&male human-being independently
constrain chaos during life on earth. If most human beings accepted the power,
energy, and authority (HIPEA) to develop responsible-human-independence, an
achievable better future would ensue. This is possible if most nations teach
their youth to both accept being human with HIPEA and to take charge of
acquiring the comprehension and intention to develop the
responsible-human-independence necessary to perfect their unique person before
mind and body stop functioning.
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-situational-examples-of-a-perplexed-conscience/answer/Phil-Beaver-1
(last week) by Patricia Woodbury
again
We did not expect the offending states to
witness against themselves. A courageous judge had to take action—- subpoena
the evidence.
You may be correct about the SC, and if
they do hear a case, they’re unlikely to find in Trump’s favor.
However, the Court needs to uphold its
power to not be “cancelled” by any political trend. So far, they have shown
independence from Trump. Will they show the 14th Amendment power to prevent a
state from enacting laws that deny a U.S. citizen’s rights?
I am thrilled to know you want separation
of church and state. We, the “ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021 can demand
of our Congressperson and our two Senators to reform the First Amendment from
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . “ to “No elected or appointed
official in the U.S. will act to constrain individual/collective development of
civic integrity . . . “ or better, for example, “responsible-human-independence”
instead of “civic integrity” before 2022 rolls in.
Here, in Louisiana, if we had sun today I
missed it. Nevertheless, the earth was rotating at 1100 mph, even though I did
not feel it. On the other hand, I severely feel the religion-Congress tyranny.
To Patricia Woodbury
again:
From
my last post: reform the First Amendment from “Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof . . . “ to “No elected or appointed official in the U.S. will act to
constrain individual/collective development of civic integrity . . . “ or
better.
The
evidence exists and the states refuse to submit it.
To Patricia Woodbury
again:
I contest the actions in the offending states. So did the
group of states that joined the Texas suit. However, the offending states would
not release the evidence against them, so the offended entity, We the People of
the United States, had no option but to appeal to the Senate. Pence, citing his
faith in his view of Jesus Christ arbitrarily discounted the U.S.
Constitution’s only chance to be heard.
In the news today, the Supreme Court decided not to hear a
slew of cases regarding the presidential election. I don’t know if any remain.
To Patricia Woodbury
again:
Quoting
my Feb 11 post, “For four years, Pence stood with the Trump/Pence ticket the
nation elected in 2016. At the last moment, Pence witnessed for his opinion
about Jesus, then betrayed his ticket.”
Here’s
Pence speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAVXSiePG3s. Listen at about 16 min
to his promise that on Wednesday Trump voters will be heard. Then listen at 24
min to his conversion story; then at 27 min about Pence power from having Jesus in his heart.
That’s
on Jan 4. On Jan 6, he announced before noon he would not fulfill his Jan 4 promise to Trump
voters.
Your opinion that the
offending states have no evidence of their offenses has no standing with me; I rely on my
opinion. I’m intolerant of
the offending officials and their advocates.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Why-do-some-individuals-talk-about-their-lifestyle-as-human-nature-even-if-it-might-not-be-practiced-universally?
by Nazif G Mujtaim
About 4,000-years-ago, a Mesopotamian suggested, in my interpretation:
human-beings independently have the responsibility to constrain the lesser
species and the earth. In other words, to provide peace and security on earth.
In the author’s view, the-God of Genesis 1 commissioned this “human nature” as
stated in Verses 27-28. This notion is probably expressed in other world
literature, perhaps from an earlier time, but from this literature four
religions, each internally diverse, have emerged: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
and Tewahedo Church. I attempted to practice two Christianities: U.S. Southern
Baptist and Louisiana-French Catholicism until I discovered and found comfort
in my long-developed trust-in and commitment-to the-ineluctable-truth, most if
not all of which I do not know. Regarding facts, I do know that I am the
Phillip R. Beaver with a unique DNA. I know opinion but no facts regarding the
religions.
Genesis 1:27-28, like all world literature, is written in
the mysteries the author held at the time. For example, the Mesopotamian was
not aware that the dinosaurs had perished 65 million years earlier. Nor that
the earth rotates on its axis at 1100 mph! But he was aware of the necessity of
female&male human-being to constrain chaos in their relationship and on
earth during their lifetimes. This invites a second consideration of humankind.
The human-being tends to take responsibility for survival,
and, facing mostly unknowns, concentrates on what is observable. Thereby
distracted from the unknowns that exist to be discovered in the future, the
individual is vulnerable to personal ignorance. Humankind, empowered by
language and grammar, conducts the research needed to discover
the-ineluctable-truth, the best way to benefit from the discovery, and means of
reporting the benefits to the people. The human-being has the individual power,
the individual energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop
humble-integrity rather than tolerate infidelity to self. Not every person
chooses humble-integrity.
Here enter the Genesis-1 mysteries as social-constructs more
than human-nature.
The monotheism offered in Genesis 1 was a recent political philosophy after
perhaps more than 80,000 years of spiritual concerns by human tribes. The
indigenous Australians substantially codified, by ceremony, their spiritual
beliefs yet continued to develop civic survival against tremendous odds, such
as inundation of their land by seawaters. To this day, they greet other-ethnic
humans with appreciation, no religious challenges, and tentative trust. On the
civic side, males transition into manhood by experiencing a survival
“walkabout” as a teenager. On the other hand, the rest of the world has
exponentially increased competition among their doctrinal Gods, in defiance of
the Genesis-1 politics of responsible-human-independence to provide peace and
security on earth. They seek to reverse the-God’s suggestion:
responsible-human-independence.
I know of one-proffered political
philosophy that reflects natural appreciation for the
responsible-human-independence suggested in Genesis 1. It is submitted in the
founders’ 1776 declaration of war against England plus the framers’ 1787
constitutional domestic-disciplines. However, it is, so far, repressed
by civic-citizen-apathy toward the religion-Congress-partnership imposed
in 1791 and codified by the Supreme Court since then. Only the
living “ourselves and our Posterity” can replace the tyranny of civil
religious-opinion with civic integrity; separate
church and state.
In the founders’ 1776 declaration of war against England and
its constitutionally-required Protestant monarchy (1689), the founders wrote
not one word disparaging England’s Trinity citing “Nature and Nature’s God”
for human authority. They did not offend fellow-citizens who worshipped the
English Trinity rather than either a factional-Protestant Trinity/Unity, or the
Catholic Trinity. They relied on the “Providence” of “the Supreme Judge of the
world” for military reliability to “the good People”. Then, in 1778, they
negotiated military-providence from France. In 1781, Cornwallis surrendered
to France and the Continental Army at Yorktown, VA. In effect complying with
Genesis 1, the founders separated church and state. The people won
independence.
In 1787, the framers, representing 12
of 13 globally free and independent states, specified the institutions and
officers for the United States under amendable-powers granted-by and to be held
accountable-by fellow-citizens in their states. They specified a republic under
the rule of law to be held responsible by “the good People” rather than civil
religious opinion. Some framers disagreed with this arrangement. Only 39 of 55
framers were the signers of the 1787 draft Constitution; some of the
non-signers had health or other physical constraints. It is important to note
that not one word of the framers’ 1787 document lessens the humble-integrity
submitted by the founders in 1776; together, they separate church and state and
comport to Genesis 1.
In 2021, the U.S. is being bullied by Alinsky-Marxist
organizers (AMO), who destroy property, injure and kill fellow-citizens, and
“cancel” objectors. The AMO recruits break the rule of law and defy Courts that
object, accelerating the havoc. The Democrat Party, the mainstream media, and
major corporations seem to support AMO. They hone the power of physical crises
to take political power in the-vacuum.
The-vacuum exists because the continuum “ourselves and our
Posterity” has not established the U.S. culture of humble-integrity. If the
citizens whose DNA says they are descendants of the author of Genesis 1 choose
to henceforth constrain chaos in their lives rather than tolerate infidelity to
self (see Genesis 1:27-28), an achievable, better USA can begin immediately.
And the world will be glad.
And if “ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021 immediately demand
it of their Congressperson and Senators, the First Amendment can be reformed
from “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . “ to “No elected or
appointed official in the U.S. will act to constrain individual/collective
development of civic integrity . . . “ or better, for example,
“responsible-human-independence” instead of “civic integrity”.
Mujtaim, if you do not live in the U.S., these principles are nonetheless
applicable to people who are interested in them: humankind needs
responsible-human-independence. I hope you and others will comment. If there
are no objections I will add your name and this date to my appreciations page
at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.
Epilogue: My life suggests there
is much error when religious parents have the right to indoctrinate rather than
encourage their children. My parents were wonderful providers, excepting the opinion
that Catholics burn in hell. Thereby, I was not prepared to meet the most serenely-confident
person I ever knew, my wife of 51 years. And even as we agreed to marry, I neither
yielded nor knew enough to articulate my HIPEA to develop myself. Through her patience
and mine, I discovered my faith in the-ineluctable-truth. Had I
fallen in-love with one of my Protestant friends, chances are I would never
have discovered my person.
My dream is a culture that
appreciates the dignity and equity due every human-ovum and
coaches and encourages every newborn to accept being a human-being, discover
HIPEA, choose to-develop humble-integrity rather than tolerate infidelity, and
intend to perfect their unique person before mind and body stop functioning. If
spiritualism helps the individual perfect self, don’t question it.
My message, so far, has not gone
viral, perhaps because people view impossible a culture of humble-integrity. Maybe
it’s because that culture has not been promoted before.
To your question, humble-integrity
is human-nature and may/may-not involve spiritualism; tyranny has to be
developed by AMO or other tyranny.
FB add on: Humble-integrity is human-nature; pride is
acquired.
Law professors
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/americanism-and-christian-faith/
With Alinsky-Marxist organizations (AMO) cancelling
opposition to U.S. chaos, the religious leaders covered in this scholarship can
only be recognized as failures: Sheen’s anti-communism, King’s racial justice,
and Falwell’s moral restoration. Today’s chaos can be attributed to the
religion-Congress-partnership unconstitutionally imposed by Congress in 1791
and codified as tradition by the Supreme Court since then.
Tocqueville, in 1835 wrote French contradictions of 1776’s
“the good People”. For example, “Religion, which among the Americans never
directly takes part in the government of society, must be considered as the
first of their political institutions; for if it does not give them the taste
for liberty, it singularly facilitates their use of it.” Liberty proves
government-license to abuse fellow-citizens. The 1776 war was for independence
according to Genesis 1:27-28.
The good People of 1776 took it upon themselves to kill
invasive fellow-subjects in red coats in order to practice
responsible-human-independence where colonists had settled. Some Americans read
the Bible to avoid mistakes of the past and some read it in order to uphold
royal opinion they knew. Citizens divided themselves on acceptance of necessity
on the one side and loyalty to diverse European kingdoms on the other. At that
time, inhabitants of my state, Louisiana, were influenced by France in
particular. In Florida, Spain dominated. In the west, it was Mexico, Spain, and
indigenous tribes.
The French were both England’s enemy and rebellious against
the Church, as they proved in 1789’s reign of terror. Both then and now, it is
unlikely for a Frenchman to imagine the mind of the living, U.S. “ourselves and
our Posterity”. An American considers existing literature and may comprehend
that the 1787 U.S. proposition offers the necessary freedom-from oppression so
that each individual may responsibly pursue the safety and happiness they
desire rather than compete for the liberty-to abuse fellow-citizens.
Fulton Sheen, who helped influence President Eisenhower’s
egregious imposition of religion into American civics (see How Dwight
Eisenhower Found God in the White House - HISTORY), erroneously said,
“Americanism, as understood by our Founding Fathers, is the political
expression of the Catholic doctrine concerning man. Firstly, his rights come
from God, and therefore cannot be taken away; secondly, the State exists to
preserve them…. The recognition of the inalienable rights of the human person
is Americanism, or to put it another way, an affirmation of the inherent
dignity and worth of man”. The 1776 declaration of war separated church and
state in conformity to Genesis 1:27-28.
“Egregious” because Eisenhower motivated both the revision
of the 1782 motto “E Pluribus Unum” to “In God We Trust” and the addition of
“under God” to the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The above mentioned
Eisenhower article cites religious-tyrants (my opinion since no person can
represent Jesus) Billy Graham, Fulton Sheen, Norman Vincent Peale, and Mamie
Eisenhower, whose church baptized Ike at age 62. Also, note Rev. Docherty;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacPherson_Docherty.
Eventually, MLK, Jr. dreamed of a “beloved community”. Grace
Lee Boggs in 2004 described a utopia with “the courage to love and care for the
peoples of the world as we love and care for our own families”. “Ourselves and
our Posterity” dare not try to spread love to the world when we do not establish
responsible-human-independence in our homes, in our cities, in our states, and
in our nation.
As for Jerry Falwell, show me the person who can witness for
a mystery: Jesus Christ. Who can show the civic integrity of reports about
Jesus? St. Luke used "hate" toward family and self as the cost of
discipleship (14:26). St. John used "hate" 5 times to express the
attitude of people whom God did not elect
to believe Jesus (15:18-23). I'm un-elect, and I reject John's
accusation of hate. Matthew wrote that Jesus said the individual human being
who intends-to can perfect their person before dying (5:48). Maybe so. St. John
wrote that Jesus said “before Abraham was born I am” (8:58). Does that imply
that Jesus authored the political philosophy in Genesis 1:27-28? If so, why
doesn’t Christian female&male human-being (in the image of Jesus) constrain
chaos in life so as to develop family-monogamy for life instead of tolerating
infidelity to self? And why does Congress accept members witnessing for Jesus
Christ rather than for the U.S. Constitution? Why does the U.S. Supreme Court
condone such arrogant pride?
Books that condone the imposition of religion on the entity
We the People of the United States support Congressional-tyranny. We, the
“ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021 can each require our Congressperson and
two Senators to reform the First Amendment from “Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof . . . “ to “No elected or appointed official in the U.S. will act to
constrain individual/collective development of civic integrity . . . “ or
better, for example, “responsible-human-independence” instead of “civic
integrity”, before 2022 arrives.
Together, the 1776 Declaration and the 1787 U.S. Constitution
proffer a culture of 6 public disciplines: integrity, justice, peace, strength,
prosperity, and responsible-human-independence “in order to” develop
humble-integrity “to ourselves and our Posterity.”
I cannot think of a civil power more effective than the
writers in this forum to accomplish this essential U.S. reform before it is too
late.
Notable writers I won’t read
https://www.facebook.com/gcleve.wright (Feb
21, 2021 post on issues of the times)
Here's a shocking reality about this. The U.S. offense in
this regard is insistence on the religion-Congress-partnership that empowers
politicians and preachers to live high on the hog at our "eternal"
expense. We, the 2021 "ourselves and our Posterity" can stop the loss
and misery.
I was born So. Baptist. I could not articulate it as a child
yet rejected the notion that Catholics burn in hell (because they never submit
to baptism by emersion). By college age, I began to care more about my opinion
than opinions of others.
I began to oppose the 1954 U.S. conversion from "E
Pluribus Unum" to "In God We Trust" (I was 11 when it happened).
I felt adding the prayer "under God" to the pledge was an imposition
that reduces my freedom-to reserve sufficient respect for whatever is in
control---to avoid offending whatever empowered my life.
When I came to Louisiana to practice chemical engineering,
soon I met and began to woo the most serenely confident person I have ever
known. That Louisiana French-Catholic woman is my wife of 51 years. Our 3
children seem Catholic and told me so. More importantly they are civic and
leave judgement (including theirs) to higher power.
And I discovered that much as I tried to be what Mom and Dad
wanted, I am a person who trusts-in and commits-to the-ineluctable-truth. It
exists and female&male human-being works to discover and benefit from
ineluctable evidence, even if they seek comfort from faith in mystery. Such
hope is a private practice rather than a civil imposition.
Since about 1998, I have written to advocate revision of the
First Amendment from “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . “ to “No elected or
appointed official in the U.S. will act to constrain individual/collective
development of civic integrity . . . “ or better, for example,
“responsible-human-independence” instead of “civic integrity”, before 2022
rolls in.
I don't know if I am alone, but don't think so. Most people
have studied the Bible enough to know that no human can witness for Jesus
Christ: a mystery. However, Congresspersons routinely pretend to witness for
their God to oppose the entity We the People of the United States and its
constraints recorded in the U.S. Constitution.
I hope this year, you will help start a movement to end this
tyranny by writing to your Congressperson and your Senators demanding the
reform suggested above: Revise the First Amendment so as to promote civic
humble-integrity instead of Congressional religious-pride.
Phil
Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to the-objective-truth which
can only be discovered. Conventional wisdom has truth founded on reason, but it
obviously does not work.
Phil is agent
for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit
corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, and consider essays
from the latest and going back as far as you like.
