Saturday, November 7, 2026

It’s time for the civic faction to influence separation of religion and government

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: “We, the civic faction in the United-States-republic collaborate to improve 6 public practices: integrity, justice, safety, strength, prosperity, and responsibility --- ‘in order to’ motivate goodness ‘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

It’s time for the civic faction to influence separation of religion and government

For over 5500 years, votives have felt the need to more reliably pursue their own peace and order. Accepting traditional influence to look to higher power, many individuals turn to religion or government or the combination.

The space-time actions that constrained the passing of a bullet through President Trump’s ear convinced him to witness for God, a mystery to humankind. Many of his supporters praise one of the Abrahamic Gods or other Divinity according to religious doctrine.

Institutional focus on economic, political, and military success distract the people from goodness. Consequently, humankind is divided. A civic faction practices goodness, preserving the opportunity for passives, dissidents, rebels, spirituals, criminals, and the wicked to reform before they die. The civic faction aids civil annihilation of evil.

Imposing God-mysteries, theisms keep humankind divided; unable to collaborate for goodness. The chief victim of humankind’s pursuit of mysterious power, authority, and responsibility (PAR) is children. Neither materialism nor war influences children to develop their unique opportunity to choose goodness in every action they take; to change, avoid, or resist every bad action and not repeat even one mistake. Thereby, each person may perfect their choices before dying.

I do not think ending religions would be wise. However, believers may and can influence their religious-institutions to reform. Adults may and can aid every child in lifetime intentions and comprehension to choose goodness in every action. Religions are better positioned to serve this intellectual endeavor, leaving collaborative material-provisions to the nations.

Let’s get started by changing the United States republic’s motto to “We Commit to Diligent Humility” rather than “In God We Trust”, accepting the power that constrains the consequences of human choice without objection or arrogance.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

Quora

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-ethically-enough-to-simply-not-cause-harm-to-others? Oct 27

Prevention of harm is not enough. Civic citizens in the United States republic do all they can to preserve and defend each other’s’ opportunity to choose goodness rather than badness during their remaining lifetime, regardless of how low their present behavior may then be.

Thus, civic citizens encourage and facilitate goodness by passives, dissidents, rebels, and spirituals. They help constrain criminals and reform the wicked. The aid the civil annihilation of evil people.

Once a civic citizen intends to practice goodness for life, they embark on a quest to perfect their person before their body and brain stop functioning.

The preamble to the United States Constitution defines the civic faction, “We the people of the United States [republic]”.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

Adelberts Pat

You make an interesting point. I agree that being ethical should go beyond simply avoiding harm. We also have a responsibility to stand up for what is right, show compassion, and help create opportunities for others to do good. I believe true goodness is reflected not only in what we avoid doing, but also in the positive difference we make in other people’s lives. Would you mind following me back? I’d enjoy exchanging more thoughtful ideas with you.

 

Phil Beaver

You wrote, “We also have a responsibility to stand up for what is right, show compassion, and help create opportunities for others to do good.”
It seems you suggest righteousness, compassion, and justice. I think Yeshua of Judea, 2000 years ago, exemplified and taught those 3 behaviors in ways we’d like to comprehend. He did not write.
Many people wrote about Yeshua and developed the theory that his blood was shed to atone votaries’ errors and empower their mystery (soul) unto preferential afterdeath.
Subsequent literature transliterated “Yeshua” to “Jesus” and imposed the title “Christ”, creating a fictitious entity unrelated to the ancient person.
Consequently, Yeshua’s influence to goodness is hidden. I attempt to do all I can to bring Yeshua’s goodness to light, and will humbly try during this, my 83rd season of goodwill to everyone, worthy or not.

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-person-practice-perfect-justice-and-unconditional-love-at-the-same-time?

Informed by Genesis 1:26-28, civic citizens in the world do all they can to mutually preserve each other’s opportunity to choose goodness. They encourage passives to engage and rebels to reform; help constrain criminals; caution spirituals; oppose the wicked; and civilly annihilate evil doers.

Given equal opportunity to discover and practice justice in human living, the civic person does all they can to influence fellows to accept the power, authority, and responsibility to choose goodness rather than badness or evil. They leave any reform to goodness to the former offender.

They lessen un-civic practices, such as war, which harms every infant and child.

https://colorfulanalysesdifferentthoughts.quora.com/How-can-formal-adherence-to-morality-be-immoral?

How can formal adherence to morality be immoral?

Consider Merriam-Webster usages regarding two key words. Morality means doctrine or system for right human conduct. Immoral means wrong or evil. Additionally, consider civic integrity, in order to improve both civil code and religious doctrine.

Judeo-Christian doctrine, in NABRE with footnotes, informs that humankind is responsible for order on earth; Genesis 1:27-28, 31. Further, Psalms 8 informs that each person may pursue godliness until they die. Yeshua, the Aramaic-speaking political philosopher in Galilee 2000 years ago, affirms ancient thought in Matthew 5:48, perfect your godliness, and Matthew 18:18, The Lord will not remedy human error. The reader is urged to study these passages and footnotes then compare their favorite alternative to NABRE.

The believer who prays to The Lord to inform them, empower them, and supplant their responsibilities seems wrong or evil. It seems The Lord does not choose to usurp human responsibility.
Unwanted imposition on humankind derives from the word “morality”, which may and can be replaced with “civic integrity”. Civic means acting to preserve each person’s opportunity to choose goodness rather than tolerate either badness or evil. For example, Psalm 82:3-4 suggests that gods-facing-death promote and facilitate independent-goodness; that is, teach civic integrity rather than civil dependency, as addressed in 2 Thessalonians 3:10.

I write opinion because I do not know the ineluctable truth.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

https://www.quora.com/Can-two-people-share-the-same-values-if-they-disagree-on-where-those-values-come-from

Can two people share the same values if they disagree on where those values come from?

In collaborating to discover and practice the ineluctable truth, the CIVIC person accepts the responsibility, authority, and power to aid humankind in archiving and benefiting-from observed consequences of human choice:  The CIVIL person attempts to impose traditional beliefs.

For example, the civic person observes that throughout history murder justifies civil execution of the perpetrator. Therefore, the civic person does not claim the right to repeat history’s error: being a murderer. However, some civil people feel they can murder people who don’t believe particular rules, such as “love God”.

Un-civic believers erroneously claim “their” individual-right to be wrong.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-have-a-moral-sense-why-does-good-and-evil-feel-real

Religion purports to express The Lord’s will. As a child, I chose to follow curiosity rather than allow faith to direct my life.

As a result, I observe the consequences of choice and draw conclusions. I now think I do not have the right to repeat mistakes that humankind has experienced and archived: Living people may and can observe humankind’s ancient mistakes and not repeat them. The power that constrains the consequences of human choice is The Lord.

I think the individual pursuit of perfect goodness is The Lord’s desire, no matter how badly the present person behaves and needs to reform.

Let us develop the following thought (borrowing my younger, adult daughter’s response to my idea): The Lord’s desire is that every infant human-being discover, develop, and demonstrate good which motivates goodness.

Believers may and can accept the messages in the Bible, first delivered in Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV, that, on earth, humankind is in charge of goodness. The message is repeated in Matthew 18:18.

Badness happens when people defer to either their religion or to The Lord rather than accept the power, authority, and responsibility to provide goodness.

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/mick.kassem Nov 7

9. If you are walking with lots of people around and sense danger from someone, walk the other way, without running, yet increasing your distance. They will likely give up, due to the crowd presence. If not, start screaming and don't stop until you get relief.
Woody Wilson taught me the first part of this caution.

https://www.facebook.com/melanieyanyan.zamora, Nov 6

I’m glad Donalds won and hope he discovers that Yeshua, the Galilean who lived 2000 years ago was/is hidden from public view by the gradual transliteration of Yeshua the person into writers’ Jesus, often with imposition of a Greek-title “Christos”. Query AI:  How did Yeshua get translated to Jesus?”

Adults may and can choose to do all they can to assist children in the pursuit of goodness so as to perfect their person before they die. See Genesis 1:26-28 and 31, Psalms 82:6-7, Matthew 5:48, and Matthew 18:18. Let that be a start toward discovering Yeshua’s influence to goodness rather than blood.

Adults are charged to choose goodness rather than nourish badness and tolerate evil, in order to especially preserve each child’s opportunity to practice goodness during their lifetime.

The most severe victims of adult toleration of badness, all the time hoping higher power will usurp men’s and women’s responsibility, are the children of the world. It’s time to stop harming children.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

A version I did not send, inadvertently:
I'm glad he won. However, Donalds may and can contain zeal to impose his Lord on the civic faction of the United States. Five ideas urge us to practice and promote goodness.
First, Genesis 1:26-28 (written before blood-sacrifice squabbles inspired Judeo-Christianity), asserts that whatever constrains the consequences of human choice assigned women and men the duty to pursue order on earth. Women and men may accept power, authority, and responsibility in the image of the constraining power, some people think their Lord.
Second, Psalm 82 informs that women and men have limited time to pursue order on earth, because they face death, whereas the constraining power lives on.
Third, Matthew 5:48 has Yeshua urging civic citizens to be perfect in the image of the power.
Fourth, Matthew 18:18 has Yeshua saying the power will not correct women and men's mistakes.
Votives look to their Lord to inform them and expect their church to define their Lord. However, the church has only mystery-doctrine with which to bemuse believers. The human failure of blood sacrifice has been developing for 3900 years, suffered massive increase with the messiah controversy 1900 years ago, and again 1300 years ago when the Arabs tapped into Abrahamic association.
The civic faction within each religion may and can require their institutions to practice goodness rather than badness and to annihilate rather than tolerate evil.
Adults can choose to do all they can to preserve and defend each child's opportunity to pursue goodness during every moment of their life.

https://www.facebook.com/fred.masterton, Nov 5

We may at last address that power which constrains the consequences of human choice.
I think the power is physics and its progeny, such as mathematics, chemistry, biology, psychology, work, and goodness rather than badness, evil, or mystery.
Discovery empowers goodness, while doctrine nourishes misery.
Many people compete for wealth and ignore choosing goodness.
I write opinion only because I do not know the ineluctable truth.


Nov 4

Study about how to protect and defend family and neighbors from the rush to social democracy if not communism is not Sharia law.

Consider my t-shirt post a couple days ago.

https://www.facebook.com/gregoryfrey1, Oct 30

According to Psalms 82:6-7, humans are born with godlike potential and a lifetime to pursue perfection. Matthew 20:1-16 has Yeshua saying gods-facing-death may perfect their unique person no matter how late in life they acquire the pursuit of perfection. Matthew 5:48 has Yeshua saying persons CAN be perfect by instructing them to BE perfect. Yeshua is reliable.

https://www.facebook.com/holly.beaver.773, Oct 18

At age 19, he was developing authenticity I could never touch.
For example, I never played right field and started a triple play (at Alex Box field in the high-school league). I never tried to wrestle someone into an ineluctable hold.
If Stephen had reached age 32, his body having completed construction of his brain, he would have further been a person I could not mimic. (Cynthia began to groom me at my age 24, rather than in the womb.)

https://www.facebook.com/jana.owens.73, Oct 14

His demeanor reminds me of Psalms 82: He can and may develop power, authority, and responsibility unto perfection on earth, yet like all humans may achieve only likeness to God.

https://www.facebook.com/gcleve.wright, Nov 7

Naturalized citizens appreciate the unique United States republic more than most native-born Americans do and often understand it better.

Oct 12

Columbus and his crews appreciated shipbuilders.

Everyone in the civic world appreciates shipbuilders.

The civic world appreciates Cleve for his person, let alone that he is a shipbuilder.

 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009933252526, Oct 12

I don't understand why people represent themselves as liars about literacy.
Maybe Seven Dizbust and friends can tell me.
Donald Trump draws them out and they don't even realize they've been had. But civic citizens know and vote against the liars.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009118567277, Nov 4

JT, you are part of the quintessential faction in the United States republic: a civic people. The civic faction does all it can to preserve and defend opportunity to choose goodness rather than either badness, terror, or mystery. Only the civic faction, aware or not, constitute "We the People" as specified in the preamble to the United States Constitution, negotiated then ratified on December 15, 1791, with subsequent amendments.

Citizens, to preserve opportunity for goodness in the United States republic, vote republican today.

Update July 4: JT, you amaze me.
Yesterday, as we considered the chaos in Europe, I asked my friend Judy Weimer if she would flee communism in America, and she answered, "Where would I go"?
We civic citizens may and can defend and preserve the United States republic from the rush to "social democracy".

Oct 10

Europe never accepted the N. American colonial-war for independence. 13 English colonies north of Spanish Florida chose to conduct the war. To France and the Netherlands, it was a war to keep England from controlling the Mississippi.

Other colonies in the Atlantic region supported the revolution. Independent statehood in the world was established by 1783, in the Treaty of Paris.

(Despite French influence --- for brotherhood, liberty, and democracy --- the republic has maintained independent, entrepreneurial pursuits.

It's the civic citizens' property, so the gift-+statue in NY Harbor may and can be re-named, The Statue of Independence on Independence Island.)

Now, the United States republic consists of 50 states, a federal district, 5 major territories, territorial wannabes, and global dominance.

Then divided Europe has, in 235 years, become so flummoxed by the unique United States republic that EU-political-ambitions beg ruin. They're distracted to social democracy and communism. Ruin is so insistent that, when it's invited, it cannot be stopped. Later, when the people experience the ruin, it's too late.

The United States republic will survive if the civic faction remains independent.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

https://www.facebook.com/ann.marie.weimer.2025, Oct 10

Caring for my bedridden wife for 5 years, our daughters taught me to soap-brush under my fingernails after I carried out the trash.

My wife's PSP-diagnosing-doctors had said she would survive 5 weeks to 5 months.

Our daughters turned it into 5 wonderful years, during which the family enjoyed with my wife, who had never before heard, Leon Russell's "A Song for You".

Our daughters care for and love 5 cats of one liter, born in the middle of our wife-and-mom's struggle. After assisting them with the cats (they're not my cats), I scrub under my nails with soap.

Thank you, Ann Marie, for expressing how lovable and informative pets can be.

https://www.facebook.com/delores.fontenot.9, Oct 10

Thanks for great pictures.
I bought my Real ID yesterday and was passionate that it was being processed and issued in Baton Rouge, Louisiana rather than in any other of the 50 states and 6 territories.
The people in the state make all the difference.

https://www.facebook.com/nicole.e.campione, Oct 10

Life with my wife teaches me, "girls just want to have fun"; half the actual-reality.
Our daughters teach me daily: Girls seek respite from the work to pursue order in life.
Now, I support the women in my life.

I'm reminded of Leon Russell's, "A Song for You."

https://www.facebook.com/pam.w.bennett, Sept 25

Pamela, you are too wonderful to not be loved in widowhood.

When Cynthia and I planned for possible deaths, we chose a couple to be our 3 children's guardians if we both died. We wrote identical wills. Aware of the conflicts that can arise from step parenting, we wrote that the surviving spouse would divide the estate if they remarried. Louisiana law does not allow enforcement, so we wrote it as a wish. Also, I told Cynthia that if she died before me it would not be 2 years before I remarried, because life with her was so wonderful. She said she would not remarry without saying why.

As a widower, I met or knew of many women, but could not get Cynthia out of my attention. I shared this experience with our friend Jim Bozeman. He said something like, "Phil, Cynthia will never leave your mind and memory. However, there is out there a woman who would respond to you wonderfully, and she deserves a chance with you."

I now know her name and she knows mine. Thank you, Jim.

https://www.facebook.com/brenda.rivet, Oct 19

In my past, there was a case of a homeowner shooting and killing a prankster on his lawn, and self defense held up in court.

Mothers and fathers may and can teach their children to respect and defend the other person's property, be it a home, a car, a piece of clothing, or a spoken word

Sept 21

Studying the Bible and discovering influence to good which motivates goodness rather than faith in blood sacrifice.

https://www.facebook.com/corteeny, Sept 21

Dona was my friend and I miss her.
We'd agree that Trump is great, and I'd add, "I just wish he'd keep his mouth shut." She'd respond, "You're such a hoot . . . I agree."
At last, I see Trump's practicing diligent humility, as he perceives it.

Again, Speaking of "y'll", you all, I've been spending time lately researching the Booker family. In 2026, online obituaries are rich with information. Herein, I see a Booker-Beaver-Bean connection, giving deference to Mom and Dad. The stories reach way beyond to Inkelbarger, Donahue, Smith, Farley, and untold mysteries to me. If you like, let's collaborate to explore our heritage.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009933252526, Sept 19

Is it a matter of fighting fire with fire? I asked someone I trust (some), and she said, "I'll take it". We'll see.
If socialists and communists want that $5,000, they'll have to vote-in a GOP House and a GOP Senate. Otherwise the socialist and communist elites will spend it and more on their power. They restore Biden's membership in global statism instead of uphold America's greatness in hard work that is necessary to get the job done.
The civic faction will continue to vote for Trump. Civic citizens defend and preserve each other's opportunity to choose goodness, avoid badness, and annihilate evil.

https://www.facebook.com/phil.beaver.52/, Nov 3

In the United States republic, the civic faction does all it can to preserve and defend mutual opportunity to choose goodness rather than either badness, terror, or mystery "to ourselves and our Posterity". The capital "P" is to include legal immigrants.
Only the civic faction, aware or not, constitute "We the People of the United States" as specified in the preamble to the United States Constitution. It was negotiated starting in summer, 1787, then ratified on December 15, 1791 with amend-ability.
Fellow citizens, to preserve opportunity for goodness in the United States republic, vote republican today, making exceptions for statespersons, such as DA Hillar Moore.

Oct 13

Looking forward to Thanksgiving Day, 2026, I feel grateful to the United States republic, only 235 years old (as of completing its negotiated Constitution), but not so pleased with Judeo-Christianity, 1900 years old and still dividing humankind in war. War lessens if not ruins every living child’s chances.

My sentiment is grounded in civic integrity: mutual preservation of each person’s opportunity to accept their power, authority, and responsibility (PAR) to choose goodness rather than badness plus annihilate evil during their time – from personal infancy until death.

I would inspire believers to reform rather than destroy religion; to more expediently pursue actual-reality rather than preserve tradition’s mystery; develop accurate, precise, and deep expression rather than cling to 1900 year-old labels.

For example, accept PAR more than the Holy Spirit to choose goodness; know that physics usually is the power that constrains the consequences of human choice, whereas the mystery of God has diminishing benefit, as discovery unfolds; work to understand Yeshua, the Galilean political philosopher for goodness, more than promote the Pauline Christ; teach children that they may always pursue perfect goodness more than resist sin.

For Thanksgiving 2026, I am most grateful for talkers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, especially at Perkins Road Community Park. There, strangers frankly share ideas for widespread goodness, their free-speech empowered by anonymous goodwill.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

Sept 19

As agent for A Civic People of the United States (Louisiana Charter No. 41953304N), I hope Congress takes seriously Mr. President’s actions against reporters who seem to be moles (spies) in the White House.

The civic faction, We the People of the United States republic, has long since recognized the weakness of the First Amendment’s speech clause and religion clauses. Before President Trump, the weaknesses were tolerated if not nourished.

The preamble to the U. S. Constitution proffers intentions to order life in the nation so as to both develop goodness rather than badness and to annihilate evil. The civic faction upholds and defends fellow citizens’ opportunities to choose good which motivates goodness.

Mr. President, Donald Trump, diligently alerted both the Congress and the court that it is time for reform of both speech and religion, in order to fulfill America’s promise to encourage the world to choose collaborative goodness that constrains badness and annihilates evil.

The civic faction, We the People of the United States republic, supports Donald Trump, Mr. President.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

Sept 18

When Yeshua, in Galilee 2000 years ago, urged people to turn to goodness rather than the ways of the world, the competitive descendants of ancient Semitic-speaking Mesopotamians warred to promote their chosen theisms. Factions developed Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Each one trusts blood sacrifice in order to bargain with their doctrinal theism. Theism's victim is a theism; that is, no theism; in other words, civic integrity rather than the opposite of theism.
Cultures in Judea and Samaria were influenced by two major language families: Afro-Asiatic Family (Semitic Branch) and the Indo-European Family. Included are Aramaic, Hebrew, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Arabic plus Old Persian and ancient Greek. Zoroaster spoke an Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. He denounced blood sacrifice, in order to promote good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.
President Trump promotes good which motivates goodness and relies on that-power-which-constrains-the-consequences-of-human-choice to inform humility. He laments badness and evil that harms children as well as their fake-news advocates. Without accurate, precise, and deep archives, humankind repeats deadly errors. “Rights” advocates claim they can repeat human error.
Yeshua taught that to pursue perfection the commander-in-chief must humble their self like a child.
The world is so focused on competition that they war over whose blood sacrifice will reign victorious. It's adult folly, which ruins children's opportunities.
I hope Trump’s diligent humility will aid termination of child-abuse. Trump is important to every adult who would do all they can to defend each child's opportunity to choose goodness, reject badness, and annihilate evil.

#USpreambler,#acivicpeople,#goodnesswhich

Whitehouse

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/, Sept 19

Dear Mr. President:

 

Re: diligent humility as you express it

 

We understand that Yeshua, the Galilean philosopher, said that it’s almost impossible for a wealthy man to choose to pursue good which motivates goodness. An outstanding illustration is presented in the Hebrew Bible, through Abram, the son of Terah, who departed Ur in Mesopotamia to change, avoid, and resist human killing to provide flesh and blood to be burned to idols. You Sir, demonstrate the benefit of discovering and pursuing goodness.

 

You seem wealthy. Yeshua reportedly said, for example, see Mark 10:25, that is difficult for a wealthy person to choose goodness. Yet you express diligent homily. You dutifully defend goodness, oppose badness, and annihilate evil.

 

The doctrine of blood sacrifice to atone for human error distracts from pursuing perfect goodness among about 55% of the world’s humans yet ruins life for 99% --- all but the highest elites.

 

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.