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, safety, 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 month
Happily, someone challenged my usage “human being (verb)”.
I want to distinguish from the common usage, “being human”, which
indicates passionate-empathy if not sympathy, inevitable bipolarity, and “bound
to err”.
So far, only homo sapiens, now 300,000 years evolved, has developed
consciousness sufficient to acquire the comprehension and intention to develop
perfection to the-good. Pursuing perfection of one’s own personality is human
being (verb). The phrase is comprised of an adjunct noun, human, and the verb,
being.
Among homo sapiens, some appreciate their opportunity at
life enough to perceive pursuing the-good is in their self-interest yet not egocentric,
because the choice accrues to fellow-citizens of the world.
Choosing the-good is a matter of civic-integrity, where “civic”
means reliability to the-good in every human connection or transaction rather
than obligation to a civil or social rule.
I think the civic-faction of We the People of the United
States may& can require every education department to practice, facilitate,
and encourage youth and adults to comprehend and intend human being.
Quora
quora.com/What-are-natural-laws-Do-they-exist-or-are-they-just-theories-made-up-by-humans-If-they-do-exist-what-is-their-purpose-and-why-were-they-created-to-begin-with?
by anonymous
I think natural law is a construct created by
competitive-monotheists to persuade gullible-people that research is weaker
than reason in the-human-necessity to discover the-ineluctable-truth.
“Ineluctable” means “not to be avoided, changed, escaped, neglected,
obfuscated, rationalized, or resisted”. The article, “the”, accepts that for
every something there is ineluctable-evidence to be discovered and,
of-necessity, to be used to the-good to human being (verb). For example, the
Sun has always been a nuclear-fusion-reactor; small elements transform into
larger elements, releasing energy. Discovery of fusion-technology could empower
production of bombs to-the-bad rather
than energy to-the-good.
I don’t know who started “natural law” but think the theory
was promoted during the European self-styled “Enlightenment” by at least John
Locke (d. 1704) -- in Deist v Christian arguments to Sir Robert Filmer (d.1653).
Filmer advocated the theory of divine right of kings. Locke argued his-God
granted to each person the rights to life, liberty, and property. A person
could consent to government to the common good. No government can warrant the
rights nor does even one pursue the common good. It takes gullibility more than
belief to engage Locke-God vs Filmer-God competition. Humility protects the
individual from competitive-monotheisms and other ideologies.
Necessity is a circular condition of human being (verb).
Throughout recorded history, some civic-citizens accepted that only humankind
has the awareness& grammar with which to pursue order to living on earth.
But only a few accept actual-reality without speculation& rationalization.
An achievable-better-future is possible when 2/3 of civic-citizens are pursuing
the civic-integrity that is required for responsible-human-independence (RHI)
“to ourselves and our Posterity”, quoting the preamble to the U.S.
Constitution. “Posterity” includes both descendants and legal-immigrants who,
in self-interest, pursue RHI. The intentions stated in the preamble may&
can be chosen by any nation or peoples on earth. U.S.-citizens still may&
can join We the People of the United States, as specified in the preamble.
Just as nuclear-reactions may& can be used to produce
energy rather than bombs, human being may& can be practiced, in order to
aid safety& security on earth. Both choices enhance every person’s
opportunity to develop unique, personal-happiness throughout their lifetime.
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https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-balance-the-power-of-the-government-and-the-freedom-of-the-populace?
by Graham C Lindsay
I perceive a different image. First, the populace knows it
isn’t free but does not want the responsibility to remedy their plight. Second,
government knows the populace wants a provider, so they live high on the hog by
picking the people’s pockets.
The populace is factional, with 2 dominant groups. The first
does not accept that they must earn enough to pay for the way of living they want.
The second wants to earn their living plus pay taxes so as to sustain the first
group. They assume that earning will always be viable.
However, government is a beast that feeds itself and does so
by expanding. Military industrial complexes are as old as civilization. Recent
innovations I perceive include green excesses against carbon,
pharmaceutical-pandemics, gender-choice enslavement, and Catholic excesses
fueled by asylum claims. I don’t know the-ineluctable-truth. Sex-trafficking
and drug-running are not new.
The populace may& can read Genesis 1:26-28, accept the
mystery of the-God of Gods, and choose to develop responsible-reliability to
civic-integrity on earth. “Civic” means responsible-reliability in living
connections& transactions. If 2/3 of the populace are at some stage in the
development of civic-integrity, an achievable better future may& can begin.
The age of hoping government will ensure the life every
person wants and the-God mystery will keep government viable must be displaced
by reliable-human-independence by the citizens who choose to pursue integrity
rather than dependency.
#USpreambler
quora.com/What-is-your-concept-of-good-When-does-an-action-becomes-morally-good?
by Sʜᴀᴋɪ 真奈
Each human infant who survives youth encounters the opportunity
to accept responsibility to constrain chaos in his or her way of living.
If his or her caretakers, preferably parents-for-life to themselves& their
progeny, pursue human being (verb), the youth has better opportunity. However,
the self-interest of reliability to the-laws-of-physics are evident to the
individual in their experiences& observations. The-laws-of-physics empower
imagination& lies when discovery has not yet occurred.
Observing the consequences of bad choices by caretakers,
each person may& can choose to reject such behavior and appreciatively
caution the caretaker to reform. For example, a youth who suffers violence
after a third glass of wine can caution the drinker about the consequences of
passion from wine. Faulkner’s protagonist in Barn Burning left his birth family after a first experience with justice.
It takes a thoroughbred-fold 3 years to mature; it takes a
person who chooses human being a typical lifetime, perhaps 85 years, to approach
unique happiness.
But not everyone wants reliability. Many persons reject
developing human being (verb), in order to nourish dependency rather than
reliability. Dependency on drugs, alcohol& sex invite early death.
Satisfaction with dependency – spirituality, apathy, indolence, crime, evil,
and more – seems not a commitment to being a human-being.
I think a person is good when their appreciation for life
motivates them to consider the consequences of every choice they face, choosing
good according the-laws-of-physics. When the good cannot be perceived, they
take no action unless their life or property is immediately threatened. They
never cease sharing the-good with fellow-citizens.
Most considerations are easy yet accumulating a
human-lifetime of good choices is unlikely if not impossible. Happy is the
human-being who never repeated a mistake.
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consequences of every choice they face, choosing the-good according
the-laws-of-physics or no action if they are uncertain and not under immediate
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quora.com/Why-do-human-beings-have-more-value?
by Negesa Adugna Bari
I take “more value” to address pursuing order to life on
earth and its extensions, if any.
The universe may be older than 13.7 billion years. The earth
may be 4.6 billion years old. Biology and its progeny, psychology, may be 2.5
billion years into development. The homo species may be 7 million years old and
its recent branch, homo sapiens 300 thousand years old. Homo sapiens became
powerful when they invented grammar, perhaps 10 thousand years ago.
So far, homo sapiens have used grammar to research how to
explore the so-called heavens, yet created chaos on earth. That human beings
have more value seems yet to be determined.
Human psychology is so encompassing it takes a quarter
century for a newborn to acquire the comprehension to consider developing his
or her self. After a complete life, perhaps 85 years, the human-being only
approaches maturity let alone perfection. Consider the thoroughbred horse, who
walks in 3 hours after birth and peaks in 3 years. Few persons choose to
develop their unique human-being. Many choose to develop a soul, an animal, a
vegetable, or a mineral.
The people may& can choose to reform Education Departments so as to
practice, facilitate, and encourage the choice to become a human being.
However, there will always be people who want to be less. Therefore, there must
be the rule of written law with pursuit to statutory-justice.
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quora.com/unanswered/What-and-why-do-we-need-limitations-of-freedom-of-expression?
by Lufuno Lufuno
I take “we” to refer to persons, some of whom chose to
develop human being (verb). Some persons choose to develop soul, animal,
vegetable, or mineral rather than human-being (noun).
The human-being 1) accepts whatever constrains the
consequences of choice,2) experiences& observes chaos in the world,
and 3) takes the opportunity to order his or her way of living. For example, he
or she works for reliable income to fund his or her life and to pay the taxes
required for opportunity. But not everyone wants reliability, so laws and
law-enforcement are necessary.
Observing that arbitrary law tends toward tyranny more easily
than does constitutional law, he or she aids the development of
statutory-justice. Each time injustice is discovered, he or she aids
constitutional amendment toward justice.
The-laws-of-physics& its progeny, such as biology and
mathematics, hereafter, physics, do not respond to reason, passion, or
fairness. Death is inevitable. Meanwhile, the human-being may& can discover
how to benefit from physics and choose the-good rather than the-bad. For
example, a person can believe the-God for personal inspiration& motivation
but not to usurp personal liability. Families who orphan children by taking
ceremonial poison or handling poisonous snakes lose civil opportunity to rear
the orphans. If both sets of grandparents handle poisons, foster parents are
sought outside the family lines.
Two apples plus two oranges is four fruit. Neither your God
nor my God negates the-God, whatever that entity is.
Speech that would influence people to attempt to defeat
the-laws-of-physics& progeny may& can be legislated illegal and
appropriate punishments specified.
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quora.com/How-if-at-all-does-a-healthy-conscience-restrict-or-enhance-human-freedom-of-thought-and-action?
by Eugene Patrick Devany
First, tradition, as we are experiencing, is not the panacea
they say it is. Both conscience and freedom are bemusements imposed by the
partnership of church and state. By bemusement I mean confusion that can be
sustained to ourselves and our posterity. That is, from generation to
generation. Our generation has the privilege of addressing the
laws-of-physics& progeny, such as economics.
It takes a quarter century for a human infant to comprehend
human being (verb) and to choose the intention to develop
their unique person like a human-being (noun). Fortunate are the few who
comprehend and choose to develop a human-being who conforms to physics rather
than mystery.
Their purpose is to consider every opportunity to act and
always choose the-good. If there is no necessity, often no action is preferred.
If bad outcome is envisioned, no action is appreciated. If another party seems
in error, inform them and listen to& consider their response.
Reason, passion, mystery, and fairness have no role in the
choice to risk justice. Only the anticipated consequences of the physics&
progeny have impact on the decision.
View my suggestion from fundamentals. Physics& progeny
guarantee death to body, mind& person. Therefore, a person does not invite
death. Alcohol consumption impairs judgement in direct proportion to the volume
consumed in a time period. Alcohol consumption invites death, so abstention is appreciated.
The woman who engages in sexual intimacy risks insemination of any viable ova
she carries, so appreciative men do not offer intimacy outside marriage.
Priests compromise church doctrine when they are sexually intimate, so pedophilia
in moderation is rejected.
Gullibility is born of a desire to act even when bad
consequences are expected. Evil people prey on gullibility, so it is in the
individual’s self-interest to resist reason, passion, empathy& fairness, in
order to discern the expected consequence based on experiences&
observations of physics& progeny, such as biology.
A person may& can choose to constrain chaos in the way
they live. If they consider choices and act reliably in self-interest, they
will do no harm to other people. Not everyone wants to be reliable, so there
will never be a utopia. However, if 2/3 of inhabitants choose to
accept death’s inevitable march and make the most of life, a reliable culture may&
can be developed.
#USpreambler
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wrought! Our generation has the privilege of promoting the laws-of-physics&
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by Adetola Adenusi
In my 80th birthday month, I accept that I may
perfect my person before death – that moment when body, mind, and person stop
functioning. The acceptance of may convinced me that I can
perfect my person, so I pursue civic-integrity with vigor.
“Civic” means reliable in living connections& transactions.
For example, I have long held the opinion that red lights
are to be carefully run in an emergency, such as transporting an injured person
to hospital. Over the last 3-4 months, I have had extreme pressures due to
emotional rather than physical pressures. To my surprise, I received a citation
for running a red light. The experience informed me to prevent perceiving angst
as emergency.
I know not the criteria for judging perfection. My only guidance
is the experience& observation that bad choices invite worse consequences.
Therefore, I carefully consider action that intends the-good and chose none if
I expect harm or there is no necessity.
Destiny may accommodate a typical lifetime of good choices,
and that indeed is a long journey.
#USpreambler
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pursue civic-integrity the better their chance to perfect their person before
afterdeath, that vast time after body, mind, and person stopped functioning.
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quora.com/Who-or-what-should-we-look-to-for-wisdom-within-contemporary-society?
by Jeff Caudle
In my 80th birthday month, I accept the authentic
Jesus, whatever that may be: man, human person& divine being, entity that
is both human& divine, the God, an intellectual construct, or an entity I
have not mentioned. In other words, I neither attempt to evaluate the mystery
of Jesus nor to impose on him possible errors by people who wrote about him. I
try to comprehend Jesus’ reliable messages.
I continually study what was written about him, about
reported contemporaries’ reactions to him, and commentary, in order to discover
ideas that might be useful for reliable living; civic integrity. By “civic” I mean
reliable in living connections& transactions more than compliant to civil
rules. In my pursuit, Jesus has never failed; things that were written about
him have failed, in my opinion.
When I have an idea I think is useful, I discuss it with
fellow citizens, attempting to establish mutual understanding. If so, I listen
for the other person’s thoughts, hoping to improve my intentions for using the
idea to the-good.
Here’s a sample of my method. First, the Holy Bible seems
valid classical literature representing cultural developments from the Semites,
in the ancient Near East. In particular, successive Sumerian kings, starting
about 5,500 years ago, accepted that their gods would not provide safety&
security on earth, so humankind must collaborate. Recognizing that some
citizens either could not or would not contribute, they created law codes that
sheltered widows and orphans and severely punished offenders. The Sumerians
were among many Semites, and descendants thrive today.
About 4,000 years ago, competitive monotheisms dominated,
and Hebrew scholars (another branch of Semites), in Genesis 1:26-28 wrote that
the creator made humankind such that female& male may rule life on earth.
To rule requires wisdom more than physical power: human-beings may be as wise
as Jesus. Since they may be, they can be, if they choose the-good. It is
reported that Jesus said, in my paraphrase: be as perfect as your creator. This
is the kind of idea I seek in studying Jesus, reading commentary, and
discussing with willing fellow-citizens in order to listen to their views.
The interconnected stories about Jesus, modified by what has
been discovered in the recent 2,000 years, and improved by contemporary
viewpoints is powerful in resolving problems I encounter. What’s amazing is
that most citizens I meet know the stories, and when I apply study
consequences, the impact is instant and impactful.
For example, the idea of forgiving an offender 70 times 7 is
inadequate without appreciation (not love, which is often unwanted).
Appreciative caution shames blunt rebuke and rejects egocentric forgiveness;
the concern is shared with the perceived offender. Perceiving error, approach a
fellow citizen with appreciation and share the perception. The other may
convince you that you are the offender; you may agree, be contrite, reform, and
ask forgiveness. On the other hand, if they admit error, apologize, and reform,
expect no repetition, because reliable citizens view reform as in their
self-interest. If they stonewall your appreciation, and the error caused no
harm, wait for new developments that justify reiteration of your concern. If
there was harm, report it to first responders with all the information you
have. If you are being attacked, defend yourself and your property. I call this
process appreciative caution. Notice that law codes may pursue statutory
justice, restore loss to the offended, and reform offending citizens.
I shared this with 2 people, and the 3 of us seemed in
agreement. I took it a step further and reviewed the Genesis 1 story with the
Jesus perspective and said, “We have collaborated on the old saying ‘rebuke
your neighbor bluntly’ and agreed appreciative caution seems better.”
They agreed.
I added, “In the collaboration, we have each behaved in the
image of Jesus.”
Again, they agreed. However, I put them on the spot with a
totally new viewpoint and wait to learn confirmation of the dialogue.
Eventually, discussions like that can focus on developing
the-good. The special insights attributable to Jesus need not be forgotten.
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with his contemporaries, as reported in the Bible, and by applying the physical
and psychological discoveries humankind has accomplished since then.
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quora.com/How-can-we-effectively-establish-righteousness-in-the-world-to-promote-justice-equality-and-moral-values-for-the-betterment-of-society?
by Udaya Jeewan
We may accept that we are in the image of reliable people
and behave accordingly.
Thus, we behave so as not to harm ourselves or others. If we
perceive that someone is risking harm to self or others, we appreciatively
caution them and listen for their response.
If they appreciate your care and offer perspective to you,
you consider it. If they threaten harm, you report it to law enforcement. If
they attack you, you defend yourself and yours.
Occasionally, you learn you are in error. You reform and if
necessary make amends. If appropriate, you report to legislators’ opportunity
to amend erroneous law and suggest a viable change.
As we face each choice, we realize we may choose the-good and
therefore can choose for the-good and therefore choose the-good. We know
that some people choose the-bad and behave, facilitate, and encourage their reform,
always listening for error in our perception.
#USpreambler
Comment: A personal approach to reliability.
#USpreambler
quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-limitations-on-our-freedom-to-live-our-lives-as-we-choose-And-if-there-are-limitations-what-are-they-and-what-can-be-done-about-them?
by anonymous
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Each person answers to civic-citizens; reliable-citizens.
Their message is integrity: Don’t tread on me. But they don’t signal the
consequences of abuse.
Power corrupts and tyrants face the unhappiness of realizing
they abused fellow-citizens.
Abusive drivers hog the road and civic-citizens serenely,
quietly make their way. If they later approach an arrest scene, they have no
recollection of the driver who abused them.
Individuals may choose the-good. Since they may,
they can
choose the good. If they don’t choose the good, they face
fellow-citizens’ reactions to the-bad.
It is in the individual’s self-interest to comprehend&
intend civic-integrity. “Civic” means reliable in all living
connections& transactions.
#USpreambler
quora.com/Do-means-that-sow-the-seeds-of-future-peace-become-just-when-they-stand-against-immediate-injustice-or-does-true-justice-arise-only-through-remedies-that-align-with-their-own-ends?
by André M Calhegas Morais
Human being (verb) continuously acts for safety&
security in both physics and in emotions.
The human-being (noun), by condition, may act in
civic-integrity. “Civic” means reliable in every living connection&
transaction. Since she/he may be relible, they can practice integrity.
Comprehending that they can, they choose reliability.
But not all persons intend to develop human being. Some
choose dependency, such as welfare, religion, crime, evil, and worse. It is
unjust for civic-people to support fellow-citizens who choose one of the
dependencies. Therefore, humankind has developed governments to act as referees
when the consequences of a dependency cause harm to others.
The best government operates under written law and its
legislature continually pursues statutory justice.
The civic-citizen is the most important actor in the pursuit
of justice. The moment she/he discovers injustice, they report it and a
proposed remedy to a considerate fellow citizen to learn from their view point
and either improve the case for remedy or resolve an erroneous perception.
So improved, the civic-citizen writes or speaks to their
responsible representative to express the concern and proposed remedy. I prefer
to start with my city councilperson, yet often write to my 2 federal senators.
Local representatives are trained to refer citizens to the proper office for
specific concerns.
A civic-citizen obeys all laws, even ones that are actually
unjust. For example, it is unjust for a person who is committed to defeat the
United States to vote. Nevertheless, present laws allow enemies to vote.
Also, the USA touts “freedom of religion”, while citizens do not enjoy freedom
from the religion Congress supports. The religion practice clause should
contain the word “promote” rather than “prevent”. That Congress grants itself
freedom of religion and the people are gullible to the ploy is a travesty.
There is never an occasion for violence, and vocalizing or writing a concern
and proposed remedy is a civic duty, where “civic” means reliability in human
connections& transactions.
I hope you did not tire of my response.
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PRB response to commentary:
I
appreciate your response and opportunity to clarify my opinions: I do not know
the truth.
Indeed,
for me to improve my expressions. Recall, I wrote about “chosen dependency” and
listed examples. The examples did not include people who cannot choose independence.
Societies
that imagined justice have long-since made provisions for the helpless,
recently with intentions to aid the person’s discovery and adoption of
independence they CAN sustain. Sumer civilization’s civil codes, 5,500 years
ago, prevented taxation of widows and orphans. Their eye-for-eye law
enforcement created dependency, so descendants turned to punishments from which
the offender could recover.
Written
law that pursues statutory-justice is caring: the civic-citizens employ the law
to notify people who choose dependency that harm they caused cannot be
sustained. Financial penalty or incarceration informs them that they cannot
continue harmful activities. Some get the message and reform to
civic-integrity. Some don’t.
Addressing
your concern, the government that pursues statutory-justice prevents
marginalizing the civic-citizen — prevents supporting fellow-citizens and
aliens who prefer dependency. I know of no government that successfully
constrains sex, drugs, and alcohol, each of which takes huge toll in life.
Statutory-justice
requires adults to educate the young, in order to motivate their
comprehension& intention to human being (verb). A thoroughbred horse stands
in 1 hour after birth and peaks in 3 years. A human infant stands in about a
year and peaks just before death, hopefully after a full lifetime. It takes a
quarter-century for a person to comprehend and choose human being (v).
The-God-mystery has the psychological image of a human-being (noun): no other
species can groom to choose the-good.
Government’s
purpose is to assure safety& security, in order for each human-being to
responsibly pursue the happiness they perceive during every day of their lives.
The human-being has the duty to share safety& security to responsible
happiness. Unfortunately, not every person perceives the self-interest to
choose reliability to personal happiness. A person can choose to die young on
sex, drugs, and alcohol.
It
seems to me we are in an era that speaks to the-ineluctable-truth: there will
never be a utopian society that simply cares for those in need: there will
always be people who choose dependency. Accepting this message, we can begin to
pursue civic-integrity, where “civic” means reliability in every living
connection& transaction.
Second response: I think your first sentence and all that follows is
violent to the girl who was raped and murdered. The perpetrator who
marginalized her deserves either death or lifetime incarceration, so as to
prevent further dependent choices.
Third response: Your latest response informs me, right or
wrong, that you propose a religion, intentionally or not. You can say what’s
real.
The present
generation is responsible for safety& security on earth “to ourselves and
our Posterity”. When each generation accepts this duty, they sequentially
pursue statutory-justice. Perhaps statutory justice is ultimately attainable.
Theists
(they’re competitive whereas the-God is not), idealists, and utopians overlook
that just as a low percentage of persons are born unable to aid
statutory-justice, a few develop opposition. Thus, inhabitants divide
themselves: civic-citizens and dependent fellow-citizens (not including those
who did not choose dependency). “Civic” means reliable in living
connections& transactions.
Catholic
priests are well known for recommending moderation in all things.
Unfortunately, in practice that includes, so far, pedophilia.
I hope you
will acquire a little doubt in your distant utopia, in order to consider duty
to “ourselves and our Posterity” (quoting the U.S. Constitution).
#USpreambler
Fourth response: Sorry. I missed until now.
I
agree with much of your last post.
I
prefer some alternate words and the thoughts they support. First, soul is a
mystery, and I prefer to collaborate with persons. Second, I prefer concern to
passion.
I think concerned persons are more likely to listen to each other. Passionate
souls tend to bemuse each other with particular doctrine.
June 9 response: Shall I address you “André”?
I think we may&
can approach our shared goal: reliability. I think so, because your posts
contain statements I agree with. Yet I hope you read& consider then improve
my concerns, or improve my solutions, or agree with me to wait for further
discovery. If you simply agreed with me, I’d doubt our progress to the-good.
“Respected ally Phil”
seems the nicest greeting I have heard since the mid 50s when someone told me
I’d been the best on the block. Yet “ally” concerns me a little. Ally to what?
Ally to the human beings who intend to choose the-good? In other words, persons
who choose civic-integrity, where “civic” refers to reliability in living
connections& transactions and integrity refers to both wholeness and
reliability.
In such a culture, I
perceive need to discuss souls, even if they are doubted. I do not wish to be
alienated from people who believe in souls. If I’m alienated, there’s no way
they can aid my quest to human being (verb). Likewise, there’s no way I can
collaborate with their quest for civic-integrity. I can collaborate with persons,
and know no reliable way to collaborate with their souls.
To be clear, my
aversion to “utopian visions” derives from the experience that physics &
its progeny, such as biology, are not perfect. Chiefly, not every person wants
the-good, so fairness is no substitute for justice when bad-people cause harm
to other persons. Civic-people need not pay for reform evil people do not want.
Reason seems no
surrogate for discovering physics& its progeny, including psychology.
People of goodwill cannot wait an eternity for evil people to reform.
Intentional evil can only be constrained or terminated. Listening does not work when the other party
focuses on the next evil act. “Allies” as I perceive it is like the Greek choir.
All they can do is comment as the consequences of evil unfold.
I think the most
controversial word you have used is “truth”. No one knows what that is, and if
two people profess to agree, they are probably promoting different
“somethings”. One of my professional friends often tells me I’ll eventually
submit to God. I ask, “Do you mean my body, mind, and person will stop
functioning?”
He never explains. I
feel stonewalled; alienated.
Second June 9
response: Thanks, André.
“No external authority has the right to demand our submission against our will.”
Physics& its progeny, such as death, claims only our body, mind&
person. I accept physics& progeny and expect discovery.
My 3 Congressmen
President Biden’s nibbling on a girl entrapped in her
mother’s arms misrepresents the preamble’s faction We the People of the United
States. It is a national emergency. Please demand his immediate resignation.
Facebook
facebook.com/phil.beaver.52,
July 21
Reason, coercion, force, and lies yield to
the-the-ineluctable-evidence. “Ineluctable” means “not to be avoided, changed,
escaped, neglected, obfuscated, rationalized, or resisted”. When members of the United States Congress
accept that each member may& can choose to pursue the-ineluctable-truth,
the faction We the People of the United States, as defined by the preamble,
will perceive that they are, at last, pursuing the-good “to ourselves and our
Posterity”, which includes legal immigrants. After a few years practicing
the-ineluctable-truth, truth may come unto its own in the world.
#USpreambler
facebook.com/phil.beaver.52,
July 19
I
think natural law is a construct created by competitive-monotheists to persuade
gullible-people that research is weaker than reason in the-human-necessity to
discover the-ineluctable-truth.
“Ineluctable”
means “not to be avoided, changed, escaped, neglected, obfuscated,
rationalized, or resisted”. The article, “the”, accepts that for every
something there is ineluctable-evidence to be discovered and, of-necessity, to
be used to the-good to human being (verb). For example, the Sun has always been
a nuclear-fusion-reactor; small elements transform into larger elements,
releasing energy. Discovery of fusion-technology could empower production of
bombs to-the-bad rather than energy to-the-good.
I
don’t know who started “natural law” but think the theory was promoted during
the European self-styled “Enlightenment” by at least John Locke (d. 1704) -- in
Deist v Christian arguments to Sir Robert Filmer (d.1653). Filmer advocated the
theory of divine right of kings. Locke argued his-God granted to each person
the rights to life, liberty, and property. A person could consent to government
to the common good. No government can warrant the rights nor does even one
pursue the common good. It takes gullibility more than belief to engage Locke-God
vs Filmer-God competition. Humility protects the individual from
competitive-monotheisms and other ideologies.
Necessity
is a circular condition of human being (verb). Throughout recorded history,
some civic-citizens accepted that only humankind has the awareness& grammar
with which to pursue order to living on earth. But only a few accept
actual-reality without speculation& rationalization.
An
achievable-better-future is possible when 2/3 of civic-citizens are pursuing
the civic-integrity that is required for responsible-human-independence (RHI)
“to ourselves and our Posterity”, quoting the preamble to the U.S.
Constitution. “Posterity” includes both descendants and legal-immigrants who,
in self-interest, pursue RHI. The intentions stated in the preamble may&
can be chosen by any nation or peoples on earth. U.S.-citizens still may&
can join We the People of the United States, as specified in the preamble.
Just
as nuclear-reactions may& can be used to produce energy rather than bombs,
human being may& can be practiced, in order to aid safety& security on
earth. Both choices enhance every person’s opportunity to develop unique,
personal-happiness throughout their lifetime.
facebook.com/nicole.e.campione,
July 13, 2023
These 2 faces and the strengths they express remind me of
the-civic-Jesus' guidance: "a man will leave his [traditions] and be
united to his wife". Many people misread "to" as
"with", then discover it isn't so. Therefore, they may& can
reform. Many don't. I celebrate those who do.
Sonia
Hussian | Facebook July 6, 2023
Analyze Marfa's plight based on Chekov's "Rothschild's
Fiddle". Consider writing a shadow story from her perspective. Show your
awareness in your professional field by writing a creative analysis. Explain
you opinion as to why she died before Yakov.
facebook.com/phil.beaver.52,
June 23, updated June 24
Knowing the difference between divisive arrogance versus
ineluctable conviction is in each persons' self interest. I hope at this time
fellow-citizen Adam Schiff is reflecting on experiences& observations
regarding divisiveness. The Lincoln-heuristic, a house divided cannot stand,
may& can be resolved by error and trial rather than by
separation/secession.
For example, R. E. Lee’s local Christian ministers erroneously convinced Lee
that abolitionists, such as the free-state white-Christians in Bleeding Kansas,
were evil. Consequently, Lee declined Lincoln’s 1961 commission to general the
Union army.
Lee is without excuse: the US began operations divided over both racism and
Christianity; Lee’s Christianity was egregiously in error; the white on white
Civil War was underway in Bleeding Kansas; and Lee could have chosen
civic-integrity. Lee had 5 years to sell all his property and move to a
free-state, in order to preserve his family’s opportunity to choose
civic-integrity. Even living in Virginia, Lee could have accepted Lincoln’s
commission. Lee could have aided the elected commander-in-chief, despite public
division on white Christianity.
Lincoln was perplexed by the racial-political-conundrum yet arrogant to
preserve the Union despite Christianity. He knew the slave-states
power-advantage had swung from 8:5 in 1787 to 15:19 in 1861 yet did not, to my
knowledge, share this military-imbalance-perspective. A coalition of 7 states
had previously declared secession from the union of 34. What, besides religious
folly may& can inspire 7 to fire on 27?
Lee did not reform, and some civic-citizens in 2023 appreciate the lesson he
taught yet lament his family-choices& consequences.
Biographers I read gave Lincoln a pass on 1861 cunning politics. Americans lost
proportionate to 8 million of today's population.
Even though I produced this essay after 4 decades’ earnest work to comprehend,
mine is an American-underground-view. I hold the Church, the politicians, the
lawyers, the scholars/educators, and journalists institutionally responsible
for this tyranny over the minds of fellow citizens during the recent 11-13
generations.
Why didn't 9 states ratify the religion-free 1787 US Constitution? Why don't
Christian churches teach that Genesis 1:26-28 applies to white-skinned people,
too? Since I don’t know the ineluctable-truth, I can only write opinion.
I am grateful to my educators in all departments for their contributions to
enough information to excite my open-hearted curiosity.
Like Lee then, every US citizen now may& can choose to comprehend&
intend civic-integrity. “Civic” means reliability to personal responsibility in
every living connection& transaction.
I hope Adam Schiff gets to read this, because unlike Lee’s experience, it is
not too late for Schiff to comprehend causes and intend to aid
reliable-resolution of US divisiveness. Maybe Mike Pence will share it with
Schiff.
Moreover, I hope fellow-citizens who have not, will take the time to acquire
their biased understanding of the critical past, in order to pursue
civic-integrity in their unique responsible-pursuit to reliable-happiness.
facebook.com/phil.beaver.52,
June 13
A person is good when their appreciation for life motivates
them to consider the consequences of every choice they face, choosing the-good
according the-laws-of-physics or no action if they are uncertain and not under
immediate attack. #USpreambler
Response to Sa Li, What amazes me is that I am 80 years old and happily
discovering this approach.
I share the laws of physics with anyone
who will listen and respond, and I am amazed that some young people act like
that's how they feel about living. (I don't think they are pretending.)
That's not how it was when I was young.
It was God, Mother, and Country.
I now see it as mystery,
the-laws-of-physics& its progeny (the-law) which includes imagination about
the undiscovered, reliable-woman& man, and statutory-justice (I prefer the
U.S. civil approach and expect reform to reliability).
In short, that's mystery, the-law,
civic-citizens, and pursuit of justice. In other words, not all citizens choose
reliability, so there must be legal rules.
What do you suggest to improve my theory
for living?
facebook.com/john.parks.92505,
June 11, 2023
How reliable is the evidence to
"actual signature"?
I don't trust Donald Trump's affirmation
of Barack Obama's signature.
Given the chance, I'll vote for Trump in
2024 anyway, unless a better candidate appears.
facebook.com/john.parks.92505,
March 17, 2023
John, thank you.
I recently perceived that George Washington did not feel
confident one week into the 1787 convention in Philadelphia, with business
underway on May 29. I paraphrased his concern as "reliability" by the
delegates. However, the direct topic is "for the resolutions he enters
into".
I searched and found 1605 citations. By knowing the date, 6
June, 1787, I located the document as No. 834 on page 84.
I searched my paraphrase, "reliability" and found
only 29 citations, excluding the letter from Washington.
Now, I'm curious about the other 1604 documents with the
phrase "for the resolutions he enters into".
If anyone is interested, I'd like to listen to friends'
views of Washington's concern. Did he express casual apology to Lafayette, or a
critical comment about the first week's work?
Phil
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.
