Appreciating the-God

 

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 appreciation:  For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows We the People of the United States proffer & practice 5 public disciplines —- integrity, justice, peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” encourage & facilitate 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

Appreciating the-God

People take for granted that their personal God is the-God. However, it seems prudent to reserve appreciation to the-God: appreciation that might be acceptable to the-God.

Of course, it is unlikely that anyone will come face to face with the-God. But if they did, they’d suffer chagrin if the-God was not their personal-God.

Just as I have not the faith to assert the-God does not exist, I have not the faith to choose other than the-God.

That’s only my choice for me. Let each person decide for themselves.

However, I think it is essential that each person continuously aid safety& security on earth, regardless of their choice about the-God.

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quora.com/Who-decides-the-characteristics-of-justice? by Ifeanyi Franklin Ibekwe

With 2/3 of society comprehending, intending& practicing as human-beings, the majority could& might characterize justice based on ineluctable-evidence of harm& perpetrator. Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.

However, most people “just want to live”. They let others determine necessity& justice. Consequently, elite opportunists develop power, in order to impose corruption rather than justice. Justice is characterized by military power.

The majority accommodates tyranny. Some people pray to their personal God to stop the pain and loss. However, the-God makes it plain that only human-being can& may pursue safety& security on earth. Prayer’s vain substitution for responsibility has rendered the U.S. Constitution impracticable. Only the people can restore the republic. The first necessary change is to amend the First Amendment so as to replace religious freedom to Congress& the Supreme Court with practice, facilitation& encouragement to civic integrity.

Each individual who chooses to constrain chaos in their way of living increases the chance of approaching 2/3 participation in safety& security “to ourselves and our Posterity”.

quora.com/Define-manliness-What-is-it-Is-there-a-one-size-fits-all-of-manliness? by Jac Tzou

Tzou’s request: Define manliness. What is it? Is there a one size fits all of manliness?

I think so.

An idea expressed in Genesis 1:27 seems more ancient than Hebrew scholars: “in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them”. I think the God is whatever constrains the consequences of human-being choice.

From my experiences& observations, the ancient principle is grounded in the physics of procreation. Spouses are faithful to the immediate family during the lifetimes of members and descendants. Thus, fortunate grandparents are faithful to great grandchildren. Since the ova come from the woman, manliness supports her social preferences to the children and maintains his personal inspiration& motivation.

Manliness seeks its opportunity for union with female yet is serenely confident if unrequited. The single person does not seek to procreate, because aid from a person external to the family would be required. The single person who chooses not to apply this principle can& may compensate to the offspring.

In these comments, I express my opinion and do not pretend to know the-ineluctable-truth. Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.

quora.com/Why-do-we-need-a-state-What-is-its-significance-in-human-lives? by Haroon Khan

The human being is responsible for safety& security on earth. However, not every person accepts this principle. Call those who do “civic-citizens”.

Of necessity civic-citizens can& may practice, facilitate, and encourage necessity& justice by which to constrain irresponsible persons and fellow-citizens.

So far, the rule of law is the only system that promises human survival. In state institutions, legislators and the judiciary develop necessity& justice, while administrators operate. Law-enforcement requires both domestic police and national military. Civic citizens maintain the institutions.

Just as persons can& may practice civic-integrity, nations can& may develop the rule of law under necessity& justice. Nations who do so can& may constrain nations that oppose necessity& justice.

Humankind will either constrain injustice or end.

quora.com/Is-it-wrong-to-find-it-cowardly-to-find-value-in-status-quos-and-treat-change-like-it-s-a-terrible-thing? by Jonathan Allen

I’ve found that I cannot express to fellow-citizens a policy, insist on my policy, and depart without perception of error. Consequently, I share opinion I earned, work to focus the discussion on the idea, then listen to fellow-citizens for their experiences& observations that might improve my perspective.

For example, imagine I’m invited to a discussion of truth. In the past, I would propose changing the topic to the-objective-truth, asserting that evidence is essential: reason and other human constructs are insufficient. Without ineluctable* evidence, we can say what we perceive then emphasize: “But I don’t know the-objective-truth”. *Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.

Noting that new instruments change perception of the-ineluctable-evidence, I realized that the end discovery may be the-ineluctable-truth. Thus, humankind, intentionally or not, discovers ineluctable-evidence and how to positively use it as the-objective-truth. Then we continue research to invent new instruments of perception, in order to continually approach the-ineluctable-evidence. When we reach ineluctable perception, we may then know the-ineluctable-truth. Yet there may exist some unknowables.

For example, it seems evident that physics& its-progeny --- mathematics, forces, chemistries, psychology, fiction, indeed everything --- is controlled by the laws of physics. What controls human choice and can that power be perfected?

If choice can be universally perfected, human-utopia is a justifiable goal. If not, due regard to past error requires appreciation of traditions that were neglected.

For example, many wedding vows express the guidance: “a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”. This may be an ancient metaphor for principles only now discernable. The laws of physics suggest that the woman’s genes and memes tend to pass on to her ova, each made unique by the man’s genes. If the man attempts to impose traditions from his father and mother to his wife and offspring, he creates conflict in his own treasure: his family. I express this opinion hoping for comments that might improve my perspective.

Everything I have written comes from my experiences& observations, and I share, hoping to be able to listen to chances to improve my opinions.

quora.com/Why-are-you-trying-to-change-history? by Andrew Parker

Which history and how?

quora.com/What-can-stop-a-diverse-democracy-from-tearing-itself-apart? by Marcelo Philippe

The rule of law. The U.S. is a constitutional republic — to intentionally-prevent democracy’s ruinous outcomes.

quora.com/Reflect-on-your-set-of-moral-values-at-this-phase-of-your-life-Where-did-you-acquire-these-values-Did-you-get-it-from-your-family-who-nurtured-you-from-the-culture-you-have-been-brought-up-or-from-the-society-that? by Mark Jhayson Inda

Approaching age 79, I read, write, speak& listen to develop the civic-integrity needed for responsible-human-independence (RHI). “Civic” refers to reliable connection& transaction to another person more than obedience to civil rules that elites develop at the civic center.

I earned opinion in the quest to answer 2 questions. First, with so many wonderful people why is the world confused? Second, with such a wonderful constitutional republic, why is the U.S. in divergent chaos?

I discovered my opinion during the last couple years. During the last 10,000 years of 300,000 years’ homo sapiens dominance, humankind has accelerated political divergence despite exponential technology-development. At first, some civilizations reasoned, if not observed, that the Gods were powerless to pursue safety& security on earth. Perhaps only one culture, Sumer, organized politically to respond to necessity& justice in human duty to the-good, notwithstanding the Gods of polytheism.

About 4,000 years ago, appreciation of the-good failed as individuals attended to the-God. Many civilizations developed& nourished – constructed -- a doctrinal-God intended to dominate other civilizations’ Gods – win wars and domestically coerce the-good. Appreciation to the-God and to the-good was lost.

Most of the world’s inhabitants subscribe to one of the doctrinal-Gods or to a philosophy. Individuals tend to adopt the way of living passed on to them during their first quarter-century of life. They’re trained to “keep the faith of their mothers”.

The Internet has made it obvious to civic-citizens that neither the-God nor government can usurp the individual’s duty to acquire the civic-integrity needed to practice, facilitate, and encourage RHI. The individual can& may ignore discipline imposed by mystery or by government. However, RHI is a self-interest, and soon we’ll observe humankind flourishing again; I think so, but don’t know.

quora.com/What-is-a-belief-opinion-commonly-accepted-in-your-culture-that-you-personally-completely-disagree-with? by Mike Wilson

In this location, it is common to witness for God with no appreciation to the-God. For example, I recently heard a minister say, “This is a loving church and our God is great.” I recalled Billy Joel’s phrase, “What am I doing here?”

I hope your question and my response goes viral, because the more people who appreciate the-God the better, in my opinion.

Since I don’t know the-ineluctable-truth (ineluctable meaning “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted” especially if unknown), my opinion is not interesting to anyone but me.

But if someone asked, I’d say this: the-God seems like whatever constrains the consequences of each human choice.

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facebook.com/phil.beaver.52 May 22, 2022

Did you ever witness for God then ask your mind "What does the-God think?"?

I wonder if most of ourselves-and-our-posterity can learn to appreciate the-God, whatever that entity may be.

facebook.com/phil.beaver.52 May 27, 2022

I think the-God is necessity& justice: a force rather than an entity. I could be wrong yet don't think my opinion is from the factual reality.

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.