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Phil Beaver
seeks to collaborate on theineluctabletruth, which can only be discovered. Ineluctable
means: Not to be assailed, avoided, changed,
escaped, neglected, obfuscated, rationalized, or resisted. Some people
erroneously imagine limiting theineluctabletruth, for example, changing it.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society. Civic citizens neither initiate nor accommodate harm to or from
anyone. Civic citizens are reliably responsible in connections and
transactions.
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: The civic faction, We the People of
the United States, proffer & practice 6 public pursuits —- integrity,
justice, safety, strength, prosperity, and responsibility, “in order to” pursue
happiness “to ourselves and our Posterity”. I
want to improve my interpretation by listening-to and considering other
citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the original, 1787 text,
unless it is amended by the civic-people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one with status 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 appreciative fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the faction who collaborate
for statutory justice, We the People of the United States.
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 to both born Americans and legal immigrants. Congressional
freedom of religion, which fellow citizens have no means to constrain,
oppresses freedom to develop integrity. This can be remedied by changing the
First Amendment from “prohibiting” to “promoting”.
Selected theme from a couple months
Reversing acceleration toward chaos
I perceive, in
Genesis 1:26-28, authorization if not demand to each fellow citizen: humankind
has the power to constrain chaos on earth. I think this political philosophy was
primitively expressed 5500 years ago in Sumerian law codes and has been
affirmed by the mysterious authority ever since. I think the authority is
thegood.
Today, research
and discovery empowers humankind to plan colonizing either Mars or the moon in
a couple decades, yet adults employ competitive monotheisms and economic
philosophies to sustain war against the world’s children. Church and state
partnerships keep civic people bemused, and few citizens accept the power to
constrain chaos in their lives by pursuing thegood (a word contraction to
express singularity).
It takes a
quarter century for a willing infant to acquire the comprehension and intention
to pursue human being (verb) rather than animalism, spiritualism or other pursuits.
Adults should do all they can to aid children. I think it is possible for
humankind to accept the authority of thegood and reform to civic integrity in
time to represent the good earth upon settling its first extension.
#USpreambler
News
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/in-depth-in-first-debate-a-shadow-war-between-establishment-reaganism-and-insurgent-trumpism-5481073, Phil Beaver comment on 8/27/23
@Joke Buyed-in
Obviously, no human can constrain the mystery of God. Nor
can a human undo what is. History shows and Genesis 1:26-28 states that
humankind may rule life on earth. Humankind may, and God cannot rule, without
self-contradiction. No human can constrain the mystery of God.
#USpreambler
Columns
The
Common Sense of the Hillbilly Thomist – (lawliberty.org)
I read your book review at LibertyLaw. As you continue, help
comprehend and share O'Connor's thought On Page 81, of the nonfiction book,
"Mystery and Manners" (1969), posthumously published.
“You may [erroneously] think . . . the reason I write is
to make the reader see what I see, and that writing fiction is primarily a
missionary activity.” I write for the sake of the art. “St. Thomas called art
‘reason in making.’ The artist uses his reason to discover an answering reason
in everything he sees. For him, to be reasonable is to find [in something] the
spirit which makes it itself. It is to intrude upon the timeless, and that is
only done by the violence of a single minded respect for the truth.” (changes
mine)
What's fascinating is the word "violence". What do
you think she means by that?
Note: below, please find mention of “Law and Manners”,
spoken at the outset of WWI.
Anatomy
of the Administrative State | The Epoch Times
“Free people act without regard for the public good” seems
one of the worst thoughts I’ve read, starting my 9th decade. It shows the
weakness of British influence in its provinces. Despite 247 years’ celebration
of liberty and freedom from the British Parliament, the American civic faction
thrives on “Don’t tread on” my opportunity to responsibly pursue the happiness
I perceive rather than submit to bureaucratic impositions. “Civic” means
responsibility in human connections and transactions rather than civility to
rules. What empire people don’t comprehend is that the civic faction, We the
People of the United States, thrives on responsible-human-independence in
addressing the demands of economic viability. Anglo-thinkers just don’t
comprehend that the civic-American accommodates “liberty& freedom”
celebrations but demands independence. I appreciate Epoch Times for publishing
modern British thought about America. I’m reminded of my view of Abraham Lincoln’s
Gettysburg dream; of, by, and for each civic-citizen.
#USpreambler
Tooting
Your Own Horn | The Epoch Times
Roger Kimball gave us the opportunity to learn about British
Judge Moulton, who described civic integrity as “obedience to the unenforceable”
at the outset of World War 1. I think Moulton overlooked the authority of
thegood, which drives humankind to its ultimate achievements.
The 1787 U.S. Constitution proffered pursuit of perfection, and the faction, We
the People of the United States, may and can return the U.S. republic to independence
from mimicking Britain’s church and state democracy. Congress’s freedom of
religion can be ended by changing the First Amendment from “prohibiting” to “promoting”.
#USpreambler
Bible forum
What Does the
Bible Say About Intentionally Sinning? (openbible.info)
Suggested James 4:17 on 11/29/23.
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/gcleve.wright
, December 19, 2023
Our Sunday school class recently studied the book of James
for six weeks. James advocates his brother, Jesus as the messiah promised to
unite the Jewish tribes and meanwhile influence the Jews to live perfectly --
no repetition of error (sin). Shockingly, James addresses adultery and murder
as "lawbreaking", implying equal severity. During the study, I
discovered the enrichment of reading both the New International Version and the
Complete Jewish Bible, both readily available online.
Neither NIV nor CJB capitalizes "him" in James 4:13. Interestingly,
CJB has "power" where NIV has "strength".
Jesus' civic influence gives me power.
James 4:10-13 enriches understanding: your interest increases my contentment.
BTW, James 4:8 is one of my favorite poems. Cynthia had a beautifully framed
art rendering, which we gave some friends leaving town after both had lost
their jobs in truly bad circumstances.
https://www.facebook.com/phil.beaver.52/,
Dec 12, 2023
This is
my 80th season-of-goodwill-to-all and first to happily articulate that I accept
without objection or characterization the mystery, whatever constrains the
consequences of human choices and actions, in order to pursue and celebrate
Jesus’ civic influence. “Civic” refers to reliable responsibility in human
connections and transactions. I perceive Jesus’ civic influence by considering
obscurely reported dialogues from his life, then pursuing Jesus’ principles
"to ourselves and our Posterity", most of whom appreciate civic
integrity. We study, listen, and learn.
My joy
during Christmas 2023 is grounded in two recorded principles and an intention.
First, Genesis 1:26-28, both New International Version and Complete Jewish
Bible, reports that humankind has the duty to rule to the good on earth.
Second, Matthew 5:48 reports that Jesus informs that a person may and can
perfect their unique human being (verb) during life. We intend to know and
perfect our behaviors; joy to all is my duty.
If Jesus had not been born, we could not
celebrate his influence to the good. Beginning my 9th decade, I feel
unquenchable joy -- appreciation to Jesus' civic influence.
https://www.facebook.com/luc.vanmuylem.7,
December 11, 2023
I think the answer to your question is suggested in the
literature combination of four principles: first, Genesis 1:26-28; second,
Matthew 5:48; third, Matthew 19:3-9; and fourth James 2:8-11.
The first is 5500 year-old Sumerian political philosophy: female and male human
being may and can rule to the good on earth. Churches, governments, and most
people vainly attempt to construct an entity that can and will usurp human
duty.
The second, 2000 years old, is Jesus' influence to perfect contribution to the
good on earth, with no intention-to reward beyond self-rule under the first
principle.
The third, again 5500 years old, is that a man is intimate to a woman in order
to unite to her intentions to the good, and they become one, again according to
the first principle.
The fourth, about 2900 years old, is that adultery is lawbreaking as severe as
murder.
The ancient tradition of men subjugating women may and can be constrained by the
rule of law. Armed with these 4 principles, men can unite to women to reform
tradition.
https://www.facebook.com/grady.ferry,
December 8, 2023
The path to October 7, 2023's barbarism awakened me to:
An idea: Adults compete for wealth and military power at the expense of
humankind's children.
Ancient mandate: A 5500 year-old political philosophy (from Sumer) is that
humankind has the power to rule to the good on earth, while the gods rule other
worlds. Scribes expressed the philosophy 3000 years ago, interpreted in Genesis
1:26-28, NIV or CJB. The rest of the Bible discloses the consequences of
neglecting Genesis 1:26-28, in order to construct competitive monotheism for
wealth and war.
A reform: Religions and governments do all they can to suppress the Genesis 1
message. Individuals aid children if they constrain chaos in their way of
living, caution harmful fellow citizens, and aid statutory justice. We the
People may and can collaborate to constrain religions and governments.
Immediate action: Reform Education Departments to intend every youth to both
comprehend and intend to develop their unique human being (verb, or practice)
by age 25. Harm-and-killing is accepted in the animal world.
https://www.facebook.com/larry.nalls,
Dec 6, 2023
I like the SEC. Let's happily roll up those wolverines in
roses.
On Sunday after an unknown brutally flattened Jaden Daniels, preventing us from
witnessing how he would finish the LSU game, I wrote a scathing post, read it,
and deleted it. Coaches cannot control what adolescents do. (It takes 25 years
for a human body to complete constructing the wisdom-gathering parts of their
brain. If they have acquired necessary comprehension, they can then choose
intention to develop human being (verb). Maybe in another 50 to 75 years, civic
integrity will pan out.)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009118567277,
Dec 1, 2023
I regard your book-reading like picking flowers.
I read the wiki article, which I quote: the eruption was equivalent to 200
megatons of TNT (840 PJ)—about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the Little Boy
bomb (13 to 16 kt) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, and
four times the yield of Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear device ever
detonated at 50 Mt.
I'm busy composing letters to Mike Johnson, Speaker. He gives me hope during a
time of immense opportunity.
facebook.com/rodger.kamenetz,
November 26, 2023
Raachel Jurovics It's day one for
we who are living.
We may consider Genesis 1:26-28, both New International Version and Complete
Jewish Bible. The message is: Humankind, male and female, is in theGod's
psychological image, so that they may rule on earth. And since theGod said they
may, it follows that they can. And further, since it was theGod's will, theGod
will not usurp the human power.
And Jesus' civic influence affirms the message: Be perfect in the image of
theGod.
To rule is to effect thegood on earth. Therefore, citizens pursue both Jesus'
influence and the Genesis-1 message, in order to practice, facilitate, promote,
and continuously pursue statutory justice. As statutory justice increases, war
mongers know they are doomed by their desires. Most of them reform in order to
survive, and all humankind celebrates each victory.
PRB response, Nov 27
Raachel Jurovics You read my post in good response
to the chaos we are experiencing.
Genesis 1:26-28 a nearly 3000 year old view of the creator god and
consequential political philosophy in polytheistic Mesopotamia about 5500 years
ago. They invented the rule of law, developed Sumerian codes updated by the
conquering Babylonian, Hammurabi.
Legislation pursued human behavior to the good, with harsh punishment for bad
and evil. As discovery of actual reality increased, polytheism lessened, and
human evolution could have brought about widespread individual and collective
rule to the good.
In Genesis 2, Middle Eastern scholars of competitive monotheism switched from
"God" to "the Lord God" and used Adam to create a
patriarchal religion. Descendants developed the law of Moses, then the Torah,
and political philosophers switched from judges to kings. The kingdom
fractured, north and south. A faction predicted an anointed king who would
unite Israel. Israel continuously improves the Torah now and into the future.
A faction of the Southern Kingdom held Jesus to be the king, anointed to unite
Israel. Paul developed politics of Jesus as savior to pagans as well as Jews.
The movement adopted the Greek title for anointed one, O Xhristos, taking Jesus
out of the political debate. European equivalent was Crist, which 500 years ago
became Christ. Many people think and speak "Christ", leaving Jesus'
civic influence out of their thinking.
Jesus' civic influence may be discerned from the reported direct dialogues.
Typically, he stated the other person's error(s), observed their regret, and
told them: go and choose the good. He confronted men who were going to stone a
prostitute and they relented. He accused Judas, who did not reform from
betrayal then terminated his own life. He accused Simon Peter, who wept with
remorse and lived on.
Jews, Muslims, Christians, and many other religions appreciate Jesus. Yet there
are some 45,000 Christian sects. Religions comprising about 80% of the world's
population hold Jesus' civic influence for the good.
Reform from "Christ" to Jesus, leaving the Messiah for Israel's hopes
and comforts, would benefit humankind, and thus the God of Genesis 1:26-28. I
don't know, but think that God is physics and its progeny, such as psychology.
For all I know, it is Jesus.
facebook.com/douglas.moreman,
November 26, 2023
Chemical engineering neither engages in nor promotes
political science. Some chemical engineers don't follow professional
obligations.
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007230735517,
November 22, 2023
Consider Genesis 1:26-28 for example. It is loaded, and a
skeptic like me can start with the Complete Jewish Bible's words:
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, in the likeness of
ourselves; and let them rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air,
the animals, and over all the earth, and over every crawling creature that
crawls on the earth.” So God created humankind in his own image; in the image
of God he created him: male and female he created them. God blessed them: God
said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over
the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls
on the earth.”
Now, let's apply Larry's rules, based on what humankind has discovered in the
2700 years since the writing.
1. The beginning could be before the Big Bang, or before the earth formed, or
when the first cell formed or when homo sapiens emerged 300,000 years ago.
2. Before Chapter 1 of Genesis there was the Mesopotamian literature -- codes
of law and national treaties. After, there's the entire Bible, which elucidates
the consequences of not observing Genesis 1:26-28, I prefer NIV.
3. In Matthew 5:48, the writer claims that Jesus suggests that each of us
pursue personal perfection in the image of God. In Mattew 19:3-9, man unites to
woman to become one. In John 10:34, it says Jesus said your scripture says you
are gods.
4. The Hebrew scribe for Genesis 1 perhaps expressed hearsay about ancient
Mesopotamian geo-political philosophy regarding the beginning. In Genesis 2,
the scribes leave God to take up the Lord God in a narrative about creation of
man only, then addition of woman as a helper. However, the originator of
Genesis 1, in V 26-28 conveys that humankind has the power and authority to
rule on earth. God assigns responsibility to humankind. The key phrase is
"in the likeness of ourselves; and let them rule".
5-10. Accepting the directive in Genesis 1:26-28 as well as suggestions reportedly
from Jesus, I do not yield to any person's censorship: I am authorized to
constrain chaos in my way of living, and others have the power to rule their
own lifestyle.
11. I claim I write well-earned opinion, because I do not know
theineluctabletruth. I use this run-on word, because people are annoyed with my
hyphens and to distinguish actual reality from truth made fluid by changing the
object and other arts. "Ineluctable" means "not to be avoided,
changed, or resisted" at least.
It is my opinion that when churches encourage people to pray for wisdom they
are intentionally refuting God's will: Every human being may and can choose
thegood and thereby rule their lives on earth. Jesus influences civic
perfection.
I write not to annoy but to suggest that an achievable better future is already
proffered and immediately available. Thank you Larry, for the topic.
https://www.facebook.com/gcleve.wright
, November 10, 2023
At age 79, I discovered that "Christ" confounds
me, so I stick to Jesus and encourage others to consider my discovery.
A guest minister at my church concluded the sermon by asking us to think who in
our life most influenced us to follow Christ, and write their name. I was
totally flummoxed during the 2 minutes he allowed. Then I thought of my dad,
who never said, "Christ", and always encouraged me to consider and
follow Jesus. I was relieved and joyful.
Then came the pastor's punchline: Now, write the name of the person whom you
most influence to follow Christ. I only know that I profess Jesus and rely on
fellow citizens to help me earn my opinions about Jesus.
In light of the chaos the world suffers, I think an interesting, hopeful and
promising question is this: Can Jesus' influence overcome "Christ"?
I think so and think it would unlock an achievable better future to humankind.
Cleve asked.
In fall, 2022, I became concerned that
European money was threatening Christian comfort in America. I think it is
wrong for fellow citizens to let that happen and felt I had 3 ideas Christians
could use to improve the U.S. and hence the world after 2000 years global
failure and 232 years (2021) operation of the U.S. I decided to return to the
church I exited in 1994: University Baptist Church (UBC) in Baton Rouge. The
people there are the salt of the earth, and I am not a stranger there.
I had discovered that not only am I open
minded, I am open hearted. And I have 3 major messages to share with
Christians. First, humankind is pursuing the ineluctable truth. Second, there's
more to gain from pursuing Jesus's civic influence for living than in
worshiping his body and blood for dying. Third, the Church represses Genesis
1:26-28, NIV and CJB, which says: God assigned to humankind responsibility to
rule on earth.
My articulation of these 3 principles
improve greatly as I communicate and study with members of UBC. I publish my
views of my Sunday school class studies each week. My email goes to about 30
people, including the 3 pastors. No one responds, so I don't know if anyone
reads them. However, I feel accepted.
A principle I learned on returning to UBC
is that seminary training produces sermons that bemuse more than develop. The
problem is that there may be a wonderful story of Jesus' influence, but
interspersed in the story is talk of God's power to you, of the Holy Spirit's
advocacy to you, of Satan's competition, and ends with extolling Christ. For
all I know, Jesus is God, but I don't think so.
I think Jesus is the only political
philosopher in history who read Genesis 1:26-28 then said to the continuum of
humankind: Be perfect in the image of God. For all I know, Jesus authored
Genesis 1.
The physical facts are: Isaiah prophesied
an anointed one would unite the 12 tribes of Israel to rule a kingdom. Jesus
was born. A faction of Jews speculated he was the anointed one, I guess after
his execution. For example, James, his brother wrote 15 years after Jesus'
death and encouraged individual perfection under the Torah, including
circumcision, as Jesus had at age 8. Paul argued that baptism by emersion replaced
circumcision to certify God's grace. He preached in Greece where anointed one
is O Xhristos. In 800 CE, Old English had "Crist". And
"Christ" came in 1500.
The resulting babel has the world at
45,000 Protestant sects, with no hope to rule to the-good on earth.
I think Jesus is appreciated in cultures
covering 80% of the world's population. "Christ" bemuses and
detracts.
I appreciate my dad for teaching me
Jesus.
facebook.com/mick.kassem, October 28, 2023
Shared from Schultz: “When the Church and the world can jog
comfortably together, you may be sure there is something wrong. The world has
not altered. Its spirit is exactly the same as it ever was, and if Christians
were equally faithful and devoted to the Lord, and separated from the world,
living so that their lives were a reproof to all ungodliness, the world would
hate them as much as it ever did.” Catherine Booth
Phil’s response:
The people desire and pursue the good. A succession of
Sumerian kings, 5500 years ago experienced and observed that their gods were
too busy with the heavens to attend to the world. Therefore, they developed
continual improvement of law codes, the oldest known, of Ur-Nammu created 4070
years ago, ending with conqueror Hammurabi, 3770 years ago. They empowered
civic citizens to rule. “Civic” means reliably responsible in human connections
and transactions.
Competitive monotheism supplanted polytheism. About 3000
years ago, Mesopotamian scholars wrote Genesis 1:26-28, which, especially in
the New International Version, informs us that humankind, male and female, is
charged to pursue order to the world.
Beginning in Genesis 2, the Lord begins a dialogue with Adam
that continues until Moses, who receives the law. From then on, the Bible
describes the chaos that ensues as leader after leader tries to construct a god
that will usurp Genesis 1:26-28’s responsible human independence to pursue the
good. Later, Isaac begot Jacob, who had 12 sons who founded the tribes of
Israel. Israel continually improves the Torah, even today. The Church,
especially Paul, used “Christ” to promote salvation of the soul rather than
adoption of Jesus’ unique message: you can perfect yourself according to
Genesis 1:26-28. The Epistle of James, Complete Jewish Bible, advocates Jesus
rather than Christ.
Competitive monotheism has wrought chaos. For example, there
are 45,000 Protestant Christianities. The way back to order is for each
individual to pursue two political goals: the good and statutory justice. Most
people pursue those two necessities.
Unfortunately a few choose the bad. Some wander into the bad
and can be persuaded to reform by written law that is both correct and justly
enforced. Some bad citizens confirm evil choices. Under statutory justice, the
intentional murderer knows he or she must and will be killed. A few evils are
so convinced of justice they terminate themselves.
facebook.com/acivicpeopleoftheus/, October 22, 2023
Dear fellow citizens and We the People of the United States,
Over a decade ago, I started this registered, Louisiana education corporation,
in order to persuade the civic faction of the United States, We the People of
the United States as defined by the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, to rule
the nation to the-good.
The immediate purpose was to persuade civic-citizens of Baton Rouge to prevent
separation of the city to create St. George, a wealthier portion of the city. I
don't know if our work was effective or not, but Baton Rouge remains whole and
St. George viability has not emerged. We always thought local success would
motivate national collaboration toward an achievable better future to
"ourselves and our Posterity", quoting the preamble.
We don't know of any achievements on that front, but think our Senators,
congressman, governor, and state senators and representatives are aware of A
Civic People of the United States. If messages got through the White House
system, former President Trump is aware of the formative corporation.
My individual work will not cease. As a chemical engineer pursuing
the-ineluctable-truth, so as to avoid ignorantly specifying equipment that
could blow up, I never was an administrator or organizer.
My cofounder, Hugh Finklea, passed away last year. Beginning my ninth decade,
family obligations and listening to fellow citizens, in order to improve my
personal opinions take precedent for me. If any two of you would like to take
charge of the education corporation, initially under my guidance, please step
forward and let's see what can happen.
Sincerely and serenely,
Phil Beaver
#USpreambler
facebook.com/sherri.joubert,
October 19, 2023
I voted for the business man and am not emotional about my
loss.
In my middle decades, I tended to avoid swear words, but loosened to populism
when I was lost for words. When email entered the work scene, I infrequently,
thoughtlessly emphasized chemical engineering opinion.
One day, Ali Dadgar, PhD, did me a life-changing favor. He wrote something to
the effect that there is no place for the f-word in chemical engineering and that
he wanted me to apologize. I did and haven't repeated the mistaken choice,
using the f-word.
I wish Gov. Elect Landry and Louisiana the best achievable future.
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009118567277,
October 3, 2023
We seem to live in an age of caution:
If it opposes physics, such as a man can change to a woman, or an apple can
fall up, write a letter to the local Crime Stoppers.
If it's not vital to you, don't read it. If it is vital, scan, but don't react:
wait for lie discovery. If you begin to perceive loss, re-read and consider
viable relief. (For example, this spring, I put some rock wool insulation in my
attic. I think isocyanates in foams will slowly deteriorate to poisonous gases:
SO2 and H2S.)
The adage, "give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves" seems
to be playing out for several entities, such as the Democrat Party, New York
courts, and California governments. I think the civic faction, We the People of
the United States, as specified in the U.S. Constitution will prevail.
#USpreambler
facebook.com/charles.taylor September
27, 2023
Chuck, the combination, "To God goes the glory. Thank
Jesus......" ruins Ms Eddy's message (as much as her timing does) in my
opinion.
In my 80th year, I think Church ruins
everything, because it vainly attempts to characterize "God". I seek
a church that accepts the-God with no attempts to characterize its actual
reality and advocates Jesus' civic influence. Civic means responsibly reliable
in living connections and transactions.
Jesus advocates the-good, and if a person
knows the-good but chooses the-bad, the consequences, if early death does not
come, informs the person not to repeat that error.
Thank you for the "hello", and
I'd like to improve my shared opinions.
facebook.com/mick.kassem September 7,
2023
Thanks, Mick. I wondered if Rothmus is a paper mache artist so went there. I
saw his Sowell quote and like Sowell's concern but have a different take:
civic-citizens (the faction called We the People of the United States) may and
can choose to manage government, in order to practice, facilitate, and
encourage dissidents and rebels to reform to the-good rather than invite death.
facebook.com/phil.beaver.52, August 29,
2023
Some Maoist-leftist reporters, self-styled “wokists”, are putting MAGA
people on the public spot with the street question, “When was America great?” I
like the MAGA responses I heard, whether I agree or not.
Some MAGAs assert greatness in 1776, when the 13 English
colonies declared war for independence from England. (Few Americans know the
states counted on help from France and Spain, both of whom were competing with
England.)
I didn’t hear anyone say America was great at Gettysburg when Lincoln expressed
hope that the possibility of government of, by, and for the people will not
perish from the earth.
I didn’t hear anyone cite the framers’ 1787-proposed U.S.
Constitution. It is a document that proffers governance by a civic-faction, We
the People of the United States. Civic-citizens may& can accept the
responsibility to pursue civic-integrity to life on earth and its extensions.
“Civic” means responsible connections and transactions in living; in other
words, responsible human independence among humankind.
The Constitution’s proposition is amendable rather than
fixed in time, in order to pursue statutory justice. Even the intentions,
abstractly stated in the preamble may and can be revised to pursue statutory
justice “to ourselves and our Posterity” as time and space march on.
Erroneously, free citizens of 1789, the majority Protestant
Christians, did not object when the first Congress established congressional
“divinity” on par with Parliament by hiring chaplains at the people’s expense.
When Congress granted themselves freedom of religion and maintained the
American side of Anglo-American law, they re-established English dominance,
negating the American independence won by war. Congressional tyranny is
promoted as liberty and freedom. Only the civic-citizens can stop American
tyranny, now 234 years old.
We, the civic-citizens of 2023 have the privilege of
restoring the journey proffered in 1787, regressed on June 21, 1788 when 9th
state ratified the Constitution. Ratification came with the intention to add a
Bill of Rights that mimics the 1769 English version. Tyranny was codified on
December 15, 1791 when 10 of 14 states ratified the Bill of Rights. For
example, the religious practice clause may and can be reformed to “promoting”
rather than “prohibiting”, in order to grant religious freedom to the people
rather than Congress.
Neither the-God-of-Gods nor the U.S. government can usurp a
person’s self-interest to develop human being (verb) during their lifetime.
Human being entails neither initiating nor accommodating harm to or from
another person or association. Acquiring the comprehension and intention to
pursue human being requires 25 years, because it takes that long for the human
body to construct the wisdom-building parts of the brain. If the choice to
pursue the good lasts their lifetime, they may approach their unique perfection.
The person who chooses and practices civic-integrity seems a god facing death.
When 2/3 of voters are pursuing human being, America will be great again. It
seems there will always be minority dissidents to civic-integrity: The faction We the People of the United
States also cannot impose responsible human independence. Thus, greatness does
not imply utopia.
If someone asks, “When was America great?” I’ll respond,
“When the civic-faction of the framers signed the 1787 U.S. Constitution.”
Please suggest ways to improve this message.
#USpreambler
facebook.com/mick.kassem, October
17, 2023
I agree re voting. Every time I vote, I feel that, first,
September 17, 1787 is maintained by my action and, second, that the civic
faction, We the People of the United States, still has a chance to establish
responsible independence from England, declared in 1776 and won in 1781 with
aid from France and Spain, instead of extolling the liberty and freedom
propaganda Congress uses to enslave Americans.
Only the civic people can, by self-interested responsible-voting, reform the
United States. "Civic" means responsible connections and transactions
in personal ways of living.
The premier reform needed is to amend the religious practice clause of the
First Amendment to "promoting" instead of "prohibiting".
1440 Daily
Digest Admin
Hello, Drew,
I am a civic citizen, meaning I am
responsible in my human connections and transactions. I am a chemical engineer,
long since a non-theist, retired and now 80 years old, with intent to live
another 41 years yet happy to die when it comes.
In the early 90's, I began writing
letters to the editor of my local newspaper and a few others. By 2010, I had
learned that it's freedom of the press, not its subscribers.
I began to contact my representatives
directly and learned that the First Congress granted itself freedom of
religion and most politicians seek to benefit. Only the civic faction, We
the People of the United States could effect reform and it is neither on most
people's radar nor remotely fathomable to them. But I write the suggestion
often.
Facing and objecting-to a 2013, education-motivated
intention to racially-divide my home town, Baton Rouge, LA, by splitting off
the wealthier portion as St. George City, I began writing blogs that are more
or less repositories of my opinion writing. They are
promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, understandtheknowledge.blogspot.com, and
cipbr.blogspot.com. Until 2020, they seemed to be accessed in growing trends,
but since then, I think Meta has repressed them. Occasionally, there are
rushes, fueled by an entity in Singapore. I suspect AI, mining my opinion.
Then, I also contributed heavily
on lawliberty.org and on quora.com with interesting dialogues on each
one. However, lawliberty ended accepting public comments, and it seems
quora banned me.
I don't know why, but 1440, yesterday, denied my attempt
to renew under phillip@beaver.brcoxmail.com but happily to me let me in on
philrbeaver@gmail.com. Maybe you understand.
I don't have the means to resist people choosing to censor
me. Nor am I inclined to do so. I am learning too fast to worry about actions
strangers take to suppress my ideas, and I have a family of 4 who count on my
contributions to home operations.
On the other hand, I would use all the
help I can get from strangers, because I have some timely ideas to share. For
example, Genesis 1:26-28 shares 5500 year old awareness that only humankind can
effect order to living on earth. And Jesus' brother, James, 2000 years ago,
encourages fellow Jews by writing in James 4:17, "If
anyone . . . knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is [error if
not ruin] for them." James' clear writing is good for
non-theists like me and could reverse current trends toward the abyss.
I hope you find this useful and choose to further my work.
Sincerely,
Phil Beaver
Phil
Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to theineluctabletruth, 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. He uses the hashtag
#USpreambler.
