Saturday, July 22, 2023

Encourage youth and adults to comprehend and intend human being (verb)

 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.

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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.

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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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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.

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quora.com/Can-it-be-true-that-the-journey-to-a-virtue-is-a-long-road? 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.

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Share comment: The sooner an individual accepts that they may 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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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.

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Comment: A personal approach to reliability.
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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.

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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).

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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.

 

 

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

#USpreambler

 

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.

 

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