The comment box below invites readers to comment.
Phil Beaver
seeks to collaborate on the ineluctable truth. Ineluctable means: Not to be assailed, avoided, broken, changed,
escaped, mystified, neglected, obfuscated, rationalized, resisted, revoked, or
voided. Some people erroneously imagine limiting the ineluctable truth, for
example, trying to change 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 to the good rather than the bad
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 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 this month
Goodness motivates good behavior
A friend objected to “necessary goodness” without suggesting
an alternative, except through the friendship itself. After considering the
gift of objection, I changed the title of a 12-month workshop to collaborate on
a talk for fellow citizens to, “We Can Pursue Goodness: If Mom and Dad
had discovered goodness, their hopes would have taken me to the school.”
#USpreambler,
#acivicpeople
News
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/freedom-of-speech-wasnt-meant-to-protect-those-who-support-assassinations-5917089
“ . . . free speech in a democratic society”, which
emphasizes individual rights, free expression, political activism; minority
rights, civil liberties, and fairness. America, a constitutional republic,
prevents national democracy.
“. . . restore traditional American values rooted in the
Christian faith.” Americans fled Europe seeking independence from
Christianity’s competitive sects. The 13 English colonies avoided John Locke’s
“life, liberty, and property” for happiness, where no man may own another.
Allies France, Spain, and Holland opposed England
controlling the Mississippi River. The colonies won recognition as 13
independent states in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Shays’ rebellion convinced
civic citizens to form a nation. Citizens of 9 states ratified national
intentions in 1788. Representatives legislated intended amendments. Citizens of
10 states ratified the Constitution for the United States of America on
December 15, 1791.
The civic faction, We the People of the United States,
specified a Constitutional republic that prevents the requirement of religious
oaths. The highest office is civic citizen, defined by the intentions stated in
the preamble and commitment to amend the Constitution to pursue statutory justice
“to ourselves and our Posterity”. "Posterity” includes legal immigrants
with civic integrity. Passives, dissidents, rebels, criminals, the wicked, and
evils are aliens to We the People of the United States.
#USpreambler,#acivicpeople
ntd.com/trump-authorizes-troop-deployment-to-portland-vows-full-force-response-to-domestic-terrorists_1093193.html?
Confirmed: the NTD reporter said, "prompting assault
charges against several protesters".
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/experts-warned-us-about-algorithms-but-missed-the-kids-5911716
In a civic culture, which the United States Constitution
proffers and intends, the young experience and acquire: resolve, commitment,
good behavior, and the mystery of necessary goodness.
Religious algorithms, such as Judeo-Christianity, serve
competitive ideologies. Some perhaps accommodate civic integrity, if and only
if the student diligently pursues ineluctable evidence to necessary goodness.
For example, Yeshua the Nazarene person seemed to advocate goodness.
Humankind has thousands of competitive religions and
ideologies, some animalistic and even evil.
Perhaps Homo sapiens is better served by discovering the
laws of physics and progeny, such as psychology, choosing applications to
necessary goodness. I think Yeshua's political influence helped me perceive
necessary goodness.
#USpreambler,#acivicpeople
Also:
Algorithms rob children of attention, identity, community, and companionship.
The 1774 Congress’s 1776 Declaration of Independence from
England has become a national algorithm to the establishment. Quoting, “all
men are created equal, . . . endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. It is
a Judeo-Christian algorithm, “for which no one wants to be accountable”.
A civic culture, which the United States Constitution,
ratified on December 15, 1791, proffers and intends, the young to experience resolve,
commitment, comprehension, and the mystery of necessary goodness, “to ourselves
and our Posterity”. The 250th anniversary comes in 2041.
As we celebrate the independence won from England, let us
not miss-one-day of appreciation to the United States of America; its
intentions to develop statutory justice; and our obligations to the children.
#USpreambler,#acivicpeople
Quora
quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-relevances-of-sage-philosophy-in-addressing-moral-erosion-moral-decline-in-contemporary-society?,
Josephat Richard Msofe
Plato’s Agathon said, 2400 years ago, in my paraphrase: Appreciation’s greatest power is that it can
neither cause nor accommodate harm to or from anyone.
quora.com/If-censorship-is-wrong-when-done-by-any-government-how-is-it-right-when-it-is-done-by-an-individual?,
Roman Tiker
It seems wrong to impose on a person’s request for privacy.
This principle applies to all means of perception. For example, it is not wrong
to notice a person’s excellence – beauty or such, but it seems wrong to fixate
on the beauty.
#acivicpeople
quora.com/Do-Jewish-people-know-that-Isaiah-53-accurately-prophecies-Jesus-as-the-Messiah,
Daniel Feinsten Jun 30 2025, Phil Beaver comment
Not only that, it seems Miryam and Yosef, Nazarene Aramaic
speakers, named their son Yeshua. He was precocious and applied himself to
experience and observation, in order to improve discovery of necessary goodness
that inspires justice.
A faction of ancient CNN, MSNBC, and ABC scribes observed Yeshua’s personal and
crowd influence to the good and sought to capture the charisma for personal
gain. They variously projected Yeshua’s persona onto various stories/persons
and prophecies in the Jewish literature. For example, Elijah healed a man on
his death bed, so Yeshua revived a 3-day old corpse. A future anointed one, to
be king and priest to Israel, became blood sacrifice for everyone chosen to
believe the redemption promise.
Through Greek and Latin translations, then transliteration, “Yeshua” morphed to
“Jesus” only 500 years ago. While “Jesus” is the reported miracle worker,
“Christ” is the blood sacrifice for those who believe. To John, “the one Yeshua
loved”, Yeshua is YHWH come to earth to develop then sacrifice blood; Yeshua is
God.
But not in Judaism. It seems Messianic Jews are Christians and to mainstream
Jews of the various sects, Yeshua is not a feature of discussion. Perhaps
ancient debate has been suppressed.
Socrates, 2500 years ago, presented the Euthyphro dilemma: Should Athenians
forget the god, in order to pursue goodness? I think the answer is: accept the
god without imposition, in order to discover necessary goodness that motivates
good behavior.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Why-do-some-argue-that-healthcare-isnt-guaranteed-by-a-moral-law-despite-being-a-necessity? Anonymous
A few people overeat, drink alcohol, smoke drugs, and/or don’t
work. Some people work as much as they want to or can. Most people
intentionally maintain wellness, in order to earn the living they want. They think
it’s wrong to pay other people’s bills.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
Substack
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-2025,
Oct 4
"The Associated Press reports . . . " and Alan
Feuer of the New York Times notes . . ."
A Civic People of the United States" reports that,
about a decade ago, Phil Beaver stopped a 50 year subscription to his local
newspaper when he opined that local and AP writers oppose the United States
Constitution. Long before that, he had stopped reading the New York Times and
even now does not object that he cannot access their articles.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-2-2025,
Oct 3
Erroneous, democratic society emphasizes individual
rights, freedom of expression, political activism; minority rights, civil liberties,
and fair politics. A civic faction, We the People of the United States, pursues
constitutional republicanism; in particular, the rule of statutory justice “to
ourselves and our Posterity”. Posterity includes legal immigrants with civic
integrity.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
To commenter:
For example, theists call non-believers
"atheists", with immunity. It's so prevalent that
"atheists" don't often object. That theists are
"minorities" is evidenced by the fact that there are over 4 thousand
Gods and 45 thousand Christian sects. My guess is that 1/3 of the world's Homo
sapiens are non-believers, making them the majority.
On the other hand, secular humanists merely
"tolerate" believers, expecting them to eventually perceive
enlightenment. Both sides may and can accept that something constrains the
consequences of choice, in order to pursue humility to that actual-reality.
The civic faction of We the People of the United States
pursues statutory justice, through both the intentions stated in the preamble plus
the Constitution's amendability. Statutory justice may be that "something
that constrains", mentioned above.
I hope my response expressed appreciation for your
comment, Christine. If not, thank you.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-2025,
Oct 2
“[Republicans] want Democratic votes for [the CR]”, should
read “Democrats to vote”, for grammatical fidelity alone but also to avoid
chagrin over capitalization tricks.
However, the authors press their “democratic society” word
game, vying for alien-inclusive individual rights, freedom of expression, political
activism; minority rights, civil liberties, and fairness -- instead of
Constitutional rule that pursues statutory justice. In statutory justice, when
injustice is discovered, the Constitution is upheld while remedy is considered
and legislated.
The civic faction, “We the People of the United States”,
authorized for negotiation in 1788 and ratified in 1791, maintains a
constitutional republic that spoils national democracy.
Municipalities and states can specify purely democratic
elections; one vote can elect a representative. But federal elections are
managed so as to represent the people in their states. To defend the people in
their states, presidential elections may be decided by competition between the
popular vote and the dominant, states’ Electoral College. Similarly. Congress
is complicated by the people in their states electing 2 Senators per state and
the Vice President for 101 in the Senate -- and in the House, 435
Representatives of 330 million citizens plus another 15 million inhabitants. Legislation
requires approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and can
be vetoed by the President. The Supreme Court monitors constitutionality of
legislation and administration.
Aliens have no authority to vote. If citizens are split 50-50
in popular vote, political strategy must focus on the Constitutional provisions
for representation, e.g., the Electoral College. With 165 million citizens on
each side, unconstitutionally including the 15 million non-citizens could give
one side a 180:165 or 9 % advantage. The disenfranchised citizens can offset
the illegal voting by increasing their participation: registration and turnout.
For example, in the 2024 election, there were 155 million votes and 174 million
registered voters among 265 million 18 years old and above.
The “Democratic vote” seeks illegal advantage and grammar
tricks against citizens who defend the United States’ constitutional republic –
republican voters.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-25-2025,
Sept 26
Preamble-scholar regarding the amendable United States
Constitution, Phil Beaver, notes that the civic faction of We the People of the
United States pursue reliability in “counting the votes, human rights, freedom
of speech, and the rule of law”. . . quoting the Constitution, “to ourselves
and our Posterity”. “Posterity” is capitalized, in order to express both native
children and legal immigrants.
Illegal immigrants are un-civic as well as uncivil.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-23-2025,
Sept 24
Leftists love Obama's "Audacity of Hope" and
cannot grasp Trump's audacity of trust and commitment to necessary goodness.
What I perceive I heard yesterday is Trump's conviction that
when he frankly cites failure, to civic human beings, their desire for good
behavior will inspire them to collaborate to reform badness and eliminate evil.
A prime example is Trump's change of direction on Putin. The
private meetings Trump held at the UN convinced him that Ukraine recovering
territories lost in the recent war is doable. Trump trusts that a civic Putin,
considering failure at the might of NATO, will reform.
And this article could tolerate -- suffer/brook -- a little
reliability, for example, by pointing out that Trump continues to close doors
for America's invasion, which had been invited by the Biden administration and
the UN. Other nations could favor their citizens by collaborating with Homo
sapiens to pursue necessary goodness to the earth and its extensions.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-22-2025,
Sept 23
In these debates grounded in opinion from media
personalities, Trump administration claims that they are following the law and
court orders carries so much weight! I could not care less what William Krystol
demands, whether today or back when Biden was in charge.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-18-2025
, Sept 19
"Americans are beginning to realign as “We the People”
against a wannabe authoritarian." I don't agree. A civic faction of
"We the People" accept and pursue the intentions recorded in the
preamble to the United States Constitution.
". . . protected by the laws and norms of democracy . .
." I disagree. A civic people is protected by the rule of statutory
justice, which is pursued by the United States republic under its Constitution.
In statutory justice, the person who intentionally kills another is discovered,
indicted, accused, tried, and executed by the judicial system.
"A human being with a soul, a free man, has a right to
say what he believes, not to hurt other people, but to express his views."
Every person has a right to pursue soul: but none may or can impose soul on my
person. It is my person, rather than a mysterious "soul" that is
heard when I speak.
". . . tried to conduct oversight . . ." Under
statutory justice, only the police may use force in domestic disputes and only
the military may use force in alien disputes.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-16-2025/comments, also on X
I doubt there's a politician, liar, reporter, or journalist
who would argue that Kash Patel misused the phrase "political baffoon".
Also: Mimicking Frederick Douglass for
July 4, 1852, There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not
know that [political violence] is wrong for him.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/gcleve.wright/posts/4616892455197646 , Oct 2
And "God's kingdom" is the earth, where civic
adults accept the authority, power, and responsibility to do all they can to
aid infants and youth in their natural quest to good behavior, accept the work
to constrain chaos in personal ways of living, and collaborate to pursue
necessary goodness.
This kingdom is accommodated by both the primitive Sumerian perception that was
expressed by Semitic-speaking scribes in ancient literature -- Genesis 1:26-28
-- for all humankind and "to ourselves and our Posterity" in the
preamble-to and amendability-of the United States Constitution.
Necessary goodness motivates good behavior.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=university%20baptist%20church,
Oct 1
It's the earth, when civic adults accept the authority,
power, and responsibility to do all they can to aid infants and youth in their
natural quest to good behavior, accept the work to constrain chaos in personal
ways of living, and collaborate to pursue necessary goodness.
This kingdom is accommodated by both the primitive Sumerian perception that was
expressed by ancient Semitic-speaking scribes in ancient literature -- Genesis
1:26-28 -- and "to ourselves and our Posterity" in the preamble-to
and amendability-of the United States Constitution.
https://www.facebook.com/luc.vanmuylem.7,
Sept 19
I see it differently. Broadcasters have to maintain
financial viability, and if the public is not listening, advertisers have no
potential for increasing sales and therefore choose to withdraw their commitment
to pay the broadcasters. Government has no say in the decision.
Sept 20 Luc,
I heard and read from JK, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the
MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score
political points from it."
I am of the civic faction of We the People of the United States, as defined in
1) the preamble to the United States Constitution and by 2) the Constitution's
provisions for amendment. I have no idea what's in Kimmel's mind, but perceive
I am the target of his "MAGA gang" label. I could not care less than
I do about JK.
I am glad that I am among the 14 million voters who helped Trump win the 2016
republican nomination -- glad, because the consequences I observe seem
excellent compared to performances of the other options: Biden, Harris, Obama,
or on the republican side Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, any of the Republican governors.
I have no desire to persuade anyone to change their mind. However, I like
people and like to communicate my thoughts for any consideration others might
undertake.
I write opinion, only because I do not know the ineluctable truth.
"Ineluctable" means, to an American (Merriam-Webster): together, not
to be avoided, changed, or resisted.
I think Charlie Kirk had wonderful intentions but in his youth had not
considered humility to whatever constrains the consequences of human choices.
Also, he did not accept that every infant Homo sapiens wants to discover and practice
good behavior. However, so far, Homo sapiens have not accepted that ultimate
satisfaction or happiness is pursued by discovering the mystery of necessary
goodness and immediately putting the discovery into practice. Being in that
practice promises joy which I experience each time I walk in the park and start
or resume a conversation, especially if I can steer it to my topic.
Three of us in Baton Rouge committed to develop a talk for presentation here.
We want all the help we can get. Our plan is published on my blog, and it may
be accessed using the search string "Discovering necessary
goodness+beaver+blog". Click on “A Civic People”. There's an “active
advisors” page (by advisor’s permission) at the end of the post.
We are meeting tomorrow to finalize our flyer, and the first presentation is
scheduled at Goodwood Library, October 19, 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Room 2A. Please
consider advising us.
Sept 22 I read about life in China
in the Epoch Times. But reading is not living there.
I live in America and promote the civic faction of We the People of the United
States. The civic faction may and can do all it can to 1) encourage passives
and divines to participate, 2) motivate dissidents and rebels to reconsider, 3)
constrain criminals and facilitate their reform, 4) discourage and control
wickedness, and 5) annihilate the wicked, such as those who microwave babies.
I think the Biden administration was wicked and that their party will be out of
favor for seven decades.
Popular opinion does not accept Yeshua's formula for conflict resolution, given
in Matthew 18:15-17, CJB. It starts with telling your fellow citizen they
offended you and listening to their response; (they may convince you otherwise,
for example, that you were the offender, in which case you have the chance to
make amends). In the third step, one of you might eliminate the other. Matthew
18:18 informs that whatever the outcome, the G-d will not correct the fellow
citizens.
Churches neglect Yeshua's formula by egocentrically forgiving, when there's
been no apology. I am working to reform my institutional church to discover
necessary goodness and commit to good behavior.
If America reforms, in order to pursue necessary goodness, China and other
nations will follow the United States' leadership.
Sep 23 Luc Van Muylem Whereas I work to discover and practice
necessary goodness, the Biden admin worked to persuade people that most are
victims and need Biden to give them money.
The Democrat Party's purpose is to convince you, Luc, that vinyard management
is a privilege that positions you to increase the Party's wealth -- to tax you,
take a big cut, and give a little to the "victims". The NYT wants you
to believe the Democrat Party. I quit reading the NYT.
Instead, the Trump administration wants you to benefit from your hard work,
preparation for retirement, and excellent management.
https://www.facebook.com/jason.winters.272575,
Sept 16
Jason, your speech is wonderful and heartfelt. I write to
expand on the will to risk public reactions, based on what I learned last
Sunday at church.
As you know, I pursue goodness, share opinion then LISTEN, and, perhaps
thereby, have reached 82 years of age.
I think every newborn Homo sapiens has the tendency to good behavior. Adults
may and can appreciate other human beings as they are and where they are in
their pursuit of necessary goodness, which is often a mystery. Civic adults do
all they can to aid every child in their quest to goodness.
Last Sunday, the Sunday-school class I attend studied the passage, Love for
Enemies, Matthew 5:44-48, NIV: “. . . love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you . . . your Father in heaven . . . causes his sun to rise on the
evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous . . . Be
perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
First, this ancient passage reflects the primitive, Genesis 1:26-28 political
philosophy that Homo sapiens, in the image of God, pursue goodness on earth. Second,
it requires judgement of enemies and persecutors. Third, it demands
appreciation to evil people on par with the good people. That's a shock to me.
The question is: how does a civic citizen in the 2025 generation appreciate
every fellow citizen? Civic citizens practice necessary goodness and aid
civility, impacting,
1. Passives and divines, who may learn to accept civic responsivity,
2. Dissidents and rebels to the law, who may choose to reform,
3. Criminals, who harmed others or their property and may be constrained along
with
4. The wicked, who perversely abuse others, e.g., sex trafficking, and
5. The evil, who perpetrate atrocities, such as microwaving babies, civilly
inviting annihilation.
Thus, the civic citizen facilitates and accommodates errant fellow citizens’
either voluntary reform or civil constraint plus relief from evils through
execution.
I think it is un-civic and uncivil to deny authority, power, and responsibility
by claiming faith in scripture or power higher than a civic people. Referencing
Jesus without the accuracy, precision, and depth of Jesus's goodness seems
erroneous.
As we mimic Charlie Kirk, I think we should keep in mind that spouses do all
they can to aid their children, grandchildren, and subsequence descendent. Not
knowing the ineluctable truth, I cannot say that my religion could and would
aid my family more than my live support on earth.
I hope this helps Baton Rouge.
I look forward to our next conversation; the past has always been great.
Phil
Timothy Foster I did not
understand your message. I pursue necessary goodness and often choose to wait
for its ineluctable evidence.
https://www.facebook.com/rvinci1,
Sept 15
I could not care less about Emery University surviving
hearsay.
https://www.facebook.com/leomargaret.stanley,
Sept 15
I know neither Jesse Callender nor Ben Stein.
However, I have attend churches for some 60 years including 5 Unitarian, Church
for some 15 years, and neither synagogue nor mosque. I doubt a Jew would write
God rather than G-d or Hashem. I recently learned from a rabbi that Yeshua is
not a feature of Jewish debate, and that gives me insight regarding Jewish
attitude toward Jesus: not a feature.
During my times with Unitarians, I learned that only theists would presume to
label non-theists "atheists". I do not accept that label.
When someone tells me, "Phil, since you do not profess Jesus Christ as
your Lord and Savior, you are going to hell", I respond, "I pray that
you will reform and pursue the humility to accept whatever constrains
actual-reality. The ineluctable truth does not respond to belief."
I freely think sharing humility from which you cannot emerge is a civic duty.
Dating from the Council at Jerusalem in 50 CE (Acts 15), Judeo-Christianity has
had about 1975 years to discover and pursue necessary goodness within Homo
sapiens. Goodness motivates and inspires good behavior regardless of religion.
Civic adults are first Homo sapiens, and they do all they can to aid children
in their natural tendency to good behavior. Believers may and can choose to be
civic.
https://www.facebook.com/margo.frey
, Sept 14
The First Amendment is not as just and defensible as it’s
held to be, and we, the civic faction of We the People of the United States may
and can empower representatives who will amend it. Civic people do all they can
to aid the children. Quoting, "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances."
The civic faction of the United States intends justice as necessary goodness
“to ourselves and our Posterity”, and provides civil means for the people to
amend unjust laws.
I propose we amend the First Amendment to, "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or [promoting] the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of [civic] speech, or of the [civic] press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of [injustice]."
Some people disparage Donald Trump as favoring the right and disparaging the
left; republicans over democrats. However, the DNC has not represented civic
democrats for the past 7 decades.
I think Trump is like the rest of us humans. As an infant, Trump wanted to
pursue good behavior. However, misguided educators in most departments exposed
him to error and danger. Like us, he had to choose and sometimes erred.
Happily, I am 82 and still surviving, perhaps because my exposures were not as
extreme as Trump’s talents could handle.
As Trump experienced and observed the consequences of human choices, he learned
to firmly remember and not repeat mistakes, whether direct or observed. I like
the stories his dad told, like how to choose a clean restaurant.
Exceptional life provided Trump experiences most of us cannot imagine. However,
he has not had every experience: not been a pope, a supreme-court justice, a
senator, a state governor, or a Baptist, or of other Mesopotamian descendant
including Jew and Muslim. The President is only as just as his cabinet and
their administration of the legislature and judiciary. The three branches are
conflicted and impeded by the press.
Fortunately, we are fellow citizens in the world’s greatest constitutional
republic. It is up to the civic faction to maintain representatives who prevent
democracy from ruining the United States’ pursuit of statutory justice.
As we prepare for the 250th anniversary of the founding, it would be good for
civic citizens to review that inhabitants fled Europe to escape religious
persecution and Protestant kings’ vs Catholic kings’ and vs Muslims. The
Eastern seaboard colonies organized to declare independence from England,
contingent on aid from France and Spain, who did not want England to control
the Mississippi River. The Declaration of Independence declares that war.
Independence was won by 13 colonies in 1781 and ratified by 13 free and
independent states in 1784. Shays rebellion, in 1786-7 showed a nation was
needed. It was intentionally formed as a constitutional republic, so as to
prevent a democracy, and its negotiated Constitution was ratified in December,
1791, with then 14 states.
It is good to celebrate the 13 states independence from England and the rest of
Europe in 2026. However, the nation’s birthday does not occur until 2041.
I hope my thoughts help establish good behavior.
An earlier thread:
About 10 years ago, I told Cynthia I was 1) no longer able
and 2) less interested in maintaining our family home, which we happily built
in 1986 (after 8 years' struggle over interest rates and a temporary-home move
with mortgage, because no available rental property could accommodate Ma plus
our 3 children in their school district).
I asked if we could sell it. She correctly said, "It is not time." We
did not imagine how fast PSP would take Cynthia.
Now that she Cynthia is gone, I want to leave it to our daughters, and am
trying to teach them the means and costs of maintenance.
However, I wish it was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house of about 1200 square feet on
1/4 acre or less, instead of 3150 sq ft with 2-car-and-workshop
breezeway-attached garage with deck, home generator, and 12 gpm water filters
and IR zapper on 1.7 acres with many yards of border grass defining many flower
beds.
Our daughters are advancing toward 60 yo and don't need dedication to the house
and property they love -- the family-built home.
Yet I think they are up to the challenges I wish they did not face. Cynthia's
daughters -- our daughters -- amaze me.
https://www.facebook.com/phil.beaver.52/,
Sept 26
A recent article on white Christians splitting in the 1840s,
I think sheds dejavu-light on division over Democrat-Party-favor toward
Medicare to illegal immigrants. (Each side persisted unto a devastating
white-on-white war.)
Supporting illegal immigration seems a modern form of institutional slavery;
slave owners have to provide affordable care to their "property".
Owners felt their slaves were essential to economic viability.
See
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thereligioushistorynerd/2023/01/when-u-s-christian-denominations-split-over-slavery/.
I hope Congressional Democrats read and consider this post and the fact that
there exists a civic faction in the United States.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
Also Sept 26.
While I look forward to No. 2, this is No. 1 in the list of my best 12 posts in
82 years:
In a civic culture, which the United States Constitution proffers and intends,
fellow citizens experience and most children acquire: resolve, commitment, good
behavior, and the mystery of necessary goodness.
Religious algorithms, such as Judeo-Christianity, serve competitive ideologies.
Some perhaps accommodate civic integrity, if and only if the believer diligently
pursues ineluctable evidence to necessary goodness. For example, Yeshua the
Nazarene person seemed to advocate goodness.
Humankind has thousands of competitive religions and ideologies, some
animalistic and even evil.
Perhaps Homo sapiens is better served by discovering the laws of physics and
progeny, such as psychology, choosing applications to necessary goodness. I
think Yeshua's political influence helped me perceive necessary goodness.
I seek viewpoints that could and would improve my post.
#USpreambler,#acivicpeople
Sept 24 I think
civic citizens may and can be wary of the Judeo-Christian fervor recently
exemplified in Oklahoma:
https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-turning-point-oklahoma-every-high-school-10478169.
The polytheism practiced 5500 years ago in Sumer civilization was promising,
because as human research progresses, unknowns are resolved. For example, the
many sun gods that were imagined are negated by the discovery that suns are
natural nuclear reactors. There was the potential that god ideas would, in
human humility, lessen to one or none. It seems sufficiently humble to accept
that something constrains the consequences of choice to act, without
characterizing the power.
However, the innovation to competitive monotheism, about 4000 years ago, was
powered by Homo sapiens imagination, essentially unlimited. Consequently
humankind now boasts more than 4000 doctrinal Gods.
Judeo-Christianity is especially diverse, because each doctrine boasts many
believers. Each of the major features is divided by beliefs. For examples, God,
Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus, Christ, Jesus Christ, and Church each has bountiful
sectarian followers, with the consequence that there are 45,000 Judeo-Christian
sects.
Sectarian pretenses are grounded in ancient opinion about primitive hearsay.
For example, Paul, claiming he was an apostle, reported on the execution of
Yeshua, a person whose life was projected onto ancient Jewish prophecy of a
future, anointed king and priest to an obedient people.
A civic people, the faction of We the People of the United States, defined by
the preamble to the United States Constitution, intends to pursue statutory
justice, the ultimate consequence of legislating reform each time injustice is
discovered. Imposing religion onto children is unjust.
Clarity to Oklahoma could come by Congressional amendment of the First
Amendment's religion clauses to "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or [promoting] the free exercise thereof . . ."
I'm not convinced a citizen has standing in 2025 rule of law.
#USpreambler, #acivicpeople
Sept 18 Civic
people mutually appreciate that no person wants to endure political or
religious violence.
Flannery O'Connor said her passion for the Eucharist was violent. Her emotions
did not impact me.
Sept 15
A husband can express no greater appreciation than to humbly
pursue religious faith yet serve family unto complete lifetime. [Also on
Twitter.]
Sept 14
This morning, the Sunday-school class I attend opened my
mind to yet another shock about necessary goodness: civic citizens must love
civil offenders. But how, in 2025? Here’s the passage we discussed:
Love for Enemies, Matthew 5:44-48, NIV: “. . . love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you . . . your Father in heaven . . .
causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the
righteous and the unrighteous . . . Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly
Father is perfect.”
First, this ancient passage reflects the primitive, Genesis
1:26-28 political philosophy that Homo sapiens, in the image of God, pursue
goodness on earth. Second, it requires judgement of enemies and persecutors. Third,
it demands appreciation to evil people on par with the good people.
The question is: how does a civic citizen in the 2025
generation appreciate an enemy? Civic citizens practice necessary goodness and
influence civility, impacting,
1. Passives
and divines, who may learn to accept civic responsivity,
2. Dissidents
and rebels to the law, who may choose to reform,
3. Criminals,
who harmed others or their property and may be constrained along with
4. The
wicked, who perversely abuse others, e.g., sex trafficking, and
5. The
evil, who perpetrate atrocities, such as microwaving babies, civilly inviting
annihilation.
Thus, the civic citizen aids errant fellow citizens’ reform or
constraint plus relief from evil through execution.
I think it is un-civic and uncivil to deny authority, power,
and responsibility by claiming faith in scripture or power higher than a civic
people.
PRB again
God informed us in Genesis 1:26-28, 31, that we are in
charge of order on earth. God does not accommodate our avoidance, resistance,
or negligence to necessary goodness.
https://www.facebook.com/charlie.schladand, Sept
14
I own, clean, and secure guns, because I want to hunt -- and
did hunt, in mid-life.
I also want to protect my family if someone attempts to invade our home.
I taught our daughters how and to use the guns, in case I am in bed due to one
of the many problems that age 82 has rendered to me.
I think our daughters would be more reliable than me in deciding to use the
guns for protection.
https://www.facebook.com/bo.breland/posts/10239078923055864,
Sept 14
Bo, I often tell you how much I appreciate your leadership
and thank you today.
When I returned to church in October 2021, I told Andy Hale and Nomads I am a
non-Baptist, non-Christian student of three ideas: the metaphysical Jesus, the
ineluctable truth, and the late discovery that Genesis 1:26-28, 31 informs us
that we are -- humankind is -- in charge of goodness on earth. A person may and
can constrain chaos in their choices to act.
Quickly, Ron Perritt shared his concern about Christian Nationalism (CN), and I
commented to improve a letter of objection to CN. I have written for years that
we are first human and therefore may choose to be gods facing death (Psalm 82).
In 2023, Nomads Sunday-school, through Yale Divinity videos, made me aware of
Yeshua. My curiosity added the Complete Jewish Bible (1998) and on to the
understanding that Messianic Jews are Christians and Yeshua is not a feature of
Jewish literature. Since then, I have annoyed Nomads with Yeshua, an entity
that is not Jesus.
But I grew a little more, I think. A friend at Perkins Road Park helped me
realize I construct Yeshua by looking for goodness in the Bible and projecting
my opinion. I settled on necessary goodness, which is a leading mystery in each
generation. Together, we pursue necessary goodness. Yet Yeshua's influence to
goodness has, for some 75 years, drawn me to associate with civic Christians.
Civic Christians are believers who pursue good behavior in all choices and
actions; they continuously seek improvements in their understanding of
necessary goodness.
When my son died, in 1991, I told the funeral home that normal police escort
would suffice. Later, I learned they trebled the motorcycles, increasing the
cost from $150 to $450. At the funeral, as each person took my hand in
condolence, I said, "I apologize to you for letting this happen on my
watch."
I imagine a martyr thinking, wherever he may be, "I apologize that my
family lessened on my watch".
I think some democrats view it this way, and republicans would do well to
consider the concern. As for the Democrat Party, I am like President Trump. I
don't even care about their future and certainly don't want to compromise their
hate.
I hope this aids 2025 pursuit of good behavior.
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.
