Phil Beaver
seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The
comment box below invites readers to write.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society.
Consider writing a personal
paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens mutual equality: For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and
paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows: This good citizen practices the U.S. disciplines---integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, "in order to” develop responsible
human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.” I want to improve my interpretation by
listening to other citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the
original, 1787, text, unless it is amended by the people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one has challenged whether or
not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this
independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states
deliberately managed by disciplined fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the people who
collaborate for human justice.
Every citizen
has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in
the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try
somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the
goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies
grandchildren. “Freedom of religion,” which fellow citizens have no means to
discipline, oppresses freedom to develop integrity.
Selected theme from this week
Don’t lie, so as to lessen personal loss
Few people think of Albert Einstein as a political philosopher.
He advised people not to lie so as to lessen human loss and misery.
The practice of lying is on a lot of people’s minds, due to
media cancellations and other press irresponsibility. Additionally, the
Democratic Party’s impeachment managers proved themselves failing evidence-fabricators.
The chaos springs from still operative 1791 Congressional
tyranny: the First Amendment’s religion-Congress partnership. The “ourselves
and our Posterity” of 2021 may revise the Amendment in order to promote civic
integrity rather than religious opinion, not only in Congress, but in every
political office in the country---local, state, and national offices. And also,
do away with the official dodge “. . . so help me God.”
Responsible pursuit of Happiness with metaphysics is a
private, adult option rather than a civil imposition. Those who responsibly
pursue physical happiness need not bear the metaphysical burden.
Quora
https://www.quora.com/Aside-from-morality-why-is-telling-the-truth-a-good-idea?
by Andrew Parker
One
of humankind’s greatest political philosophers obfuscated his thought with three
deceptive words: science, religion, and ethics. He actually reasoned about discovery
and integrity.
Albert
Einstein wrote, “Lying destroys confidence in the statements of other
people. Without such confidence, social cooperation is made impossible or at
least difficult. Such cooperation, however, is essential to make human life
possible and tolerable.”
The point is that the metaphysics of lies produces physics.
For example, in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King”, the man went
along with the tribal men elevating him to God. The women of the village cut
his wrist to show the blood. In another example, Saddam Hussein taunted George
Bush to invade Iraq with the fact that there were no weapons of mass
destruction.
The Democrat Party in the U.S. doesn’t seem to accept
Einstein’s advice. The entity We the People of the United States can stop the
tyranny by revising the First Amendment so as to protect civic integrity rather
than promote religious opinion, not only in Congress, but in all political
offices---local, state, and national. The oath add-on “. . . so help me God” is
there to shield the official from responsibility.
FB add on: The
Democrat Party in the U.S. (and now a few Republicans, too) would do well to
review political philosophy written by Albert Einstein: Don’t lie, so as to
lessen personal misery and pain.
https://www.quora.com/Can-individual-human-rights-undermine-the-culture-that-protects-those-human-rights?
by Graham C Lindsay
I
think so. The human individual is prudent to reserve sufficient humility toward
responsible-human-independence.
Your
question brings to mind the John Locke fallacies scholars extol from the 1776 Declaration of Independence:
“We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The
authors claim opinion rather than knowledge. There’s no proof of a Creator
(worthy of worship) or a creator (originator whether intelligent or not). And
evidence 245 years later points to human equity under statutory justice rather
than equality under subjective law. And no government or God guarantees the
individual life, liberty, or pursuit of either Happiness (salvation of the
soul) or happiness (responsible-human-living).
The
reader who considers my points might agree that the quote actually claims that
the individual human being is entitled to freedom-from oppression by other
humans.
Taking
the consideration to 4,000 years ago, in 2021 terms, Genesis 1:27-28 suggests
that the female&male human-being is charged to constrain chaos in the
universe. The individual who claims the power to assign responsible-human-independence
to their personal-God undermines their own human rights and duty.
FB
add on: It seems prudent to reserve sufficient humility to develop
responsible-human-independence.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/When-is-caution-necessary?
by Siddharth Das
I
think caution is always required when you don’t know the-ineluctable-truth,
which is often. Thus, “I don’t know” must become the usual response when you
don’t know.
For
example, if someone said, “Mike Pence, to witness for the Pence-Jesus, betrayed
the Jesus of ‘Before Abraham was born I AM’ when he defied the
Commander-in-Chief on January 6, 2021,” it is prudent to respond, “I don’t
know.”
The
historical Jesus may have said, in 2021 effect:
Before Judeo-Christianity-Islam, the-good existed. We don’t know.
However,
it seems Donald Trump acts for the-good anyway. Aware or not, Trump behaves
according to Genesis 1:27-28 (again in 2021 and I AM perspective). Trump
effects the responsible-human-independence to constrain chaos in the universe.
We,
the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” must stop the unconstitutional chaos
being created by the Democrat Party and the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to
acknowledge that the Commander in Chief is required under Article II, Section 5
to "take
care that the laws be faithfully executed." If the Court does its job, and
the-ineluctable-truth is that the election was stolen, there’ll be the question
how to replace a rogue administration. I’d immediately restore the Trump
administration and reverse all the Biden orders.
This brings me to the dilemma of “I don’t know
the-ineluctable-truth” yet must take action. For example, a gun is pointed at
you by an intruder, your family is in the house, and you have the means to
shoot first. You shoot the intruder. Similarly, the U.S. Supreme Court,
listening to the suggestions by the Commander-in-Chief and asking for evidence
being denied by the states, demands the states in question produce the
evidence.
The entity We the People of the United States cannot expect
the-personal-God to establish civic integrity in the U.S. The suggestion that
necessity requires responsible-human-independence was proffered in Genesis 1:27-28.
Write your Congressperson and Senators and demand immediate revision of the
First Amendment so as to promote civic integrity rather than religious opinion.
Stipulate that it be done before 2022.
FB add on: President Joe
Biden’s executive orders so far demonstrate that the Democrat Party is alien to
the entity We the People of the United States.
It’s a shock, but “ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021
can undo U.S. tyranny by requiring First Amendment revision, preferably before
2022, to better than the following:
No government agent in the U.S. will constrain the
development of civic integrity; or abridge the freedom of speech, or of the
constitutionally-responsible-press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This revision leaves religious opinion to necessary
adult-privacy and vulnerable to the U.S. statutory-justice development;
revising laws when injustice is discovered. For example, a priest who learns of
a crime, such as pederasty, and does not report it to civil first-responders
invites loss and constraint. Similarly, a duly elected Vice President who
betrays the U.S. Commander in Chief suffers like a private rebuking their
sergeant.
These principles are pursuant to a 2021 view of Genesis
1:27-28: of necessity, female&male human-kind has
responsible-human-independence to constrain chaos in the universe rather than
tolerate infidelity in their lives. I site the literature not to improve
the-ineluctable-evidence; rather to reference a principle expressed about 4
thousand years ago.
https://www.quora.com/Can-you-be-authentic-and-still-be-moral?
by Graham C Lindsay
I
think so. In fact, it is essential for a person to develop a genuine human
being. Also, it is advantageous in childhood to be coached and encouraged to be
authentic.
In early childhood, perhaps past age 3, a
person needs to appreciate their unique opportunity to develop fidelity to
self. It takes about a quarter century for a human-being to acquire the
comprehension and intention to live a complete human lifetime. With so much
time required to get a good start, it is essential for them to understand the
objective: to develop perfection before their body, mind, and person stop
functioning. With good coaching, they might approach perfection during their
second and third quarter centuries and beyond. Without aid, their unique
perfection may be lessened. Perfection can begin the moment the person accepts
the goal and intends to make it happen.
There are two characteristics on which my
theory is founded. First, a human-being has the individual power, the
individual energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop
humble-integrity to self. That is, to make every decision in authentic
self-interest. Second, the person accepts that physics and its progeny,
including psychology, is the-ineluctable-truth to be discovered and relied on.
Therefore, they neither throw sand into the wind nor cause injury to
fellow-humans.
Not every person discovers HIPEA and among
those who do, not all choose humble-integrity. Some people think dependency,
crime, tyranny, and worse-lifestyles pay. Therefore, constraining harm by
fellow-humans is in a person’s self-interest.
The principles expressed so far pertain to
civic morality: developing personal perfection in a culture that allows every
fellow-human the same opportunity. Hopefully, the dissident reforms after
constraint convinces them that humble-integrity is in their self-interest. In
some cases harm is so bad the offender must lose life itself. In civic
integrity, the law is continually improved, in order to approach statutory
justice.
The above issues addressed personal
achievements during life, perhaps unique perfection. There remains imagination
of the afterdeath---that vast time after mind, body, and person cease
functioning. Some cultures nurture theories of life after death, either as an
eternal soul, or through reincarnation. For believers in these cultures,
compliance with the doctrine is considered spiritual morality. These doctrinal
moralities cannot be imposed on non-believers, and therefore have no impact on
civic integrity, as long as they are kept private. Attempts to impose them on
fellow-humans increases chaos and is thus un-civic.
In the U.S., the Congressional attempt to
impose their partnership with religion on the people is tyranny that has
produced the chaos we are experiencing in 2021. We, “ourselves and our
Posterity” of 2021 may hold Congress responsible to revise, before 2022, the
First Amendment so as to promote civic integrity rather than religious opinion.
Readers who agree might adapt these principles to their preferences and write
their Congressperson and Senators.
FB
add on: It is essential, in self-interest, to
personally develop a genuine human being.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-is-the-best-way-to-have-a-peaceful-resolution-to-the-difference-of-opinion-between-individuals-groups?
by Andrew Ray
Mr.
Ray, your question seems profoundly responsible. You recommend that both
parties intend peaceful resolution.
Therefore,
on first acceptance that there is a difference of opinion, the parties must
clearly describe the issue, clearly describe the two opinions, and commit to
find “the best way to have a peaceful resolution”. If one party lacks intent,
for example, is not even willing to clarify the two positions, then the other
party might say that it is good to know there are two opinions and then commit
to the time there is interest in peaceful resolution. Thank you, Mr. Ray.
My
first reaction is that your suggestion negates the attitude, “We’ll have to
agree to disagree.”
The
party who hears that can open the possibility: “If and when you decide to discover
‘the best way to have a peaceful resolution’ I intend to iteratively
collaborate.” I write “iteratively” to suggest that comprehension of two
opinions is an iterative process.
Coincidentally,
a daily message featured this quote today: “You cannot escape the
responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”-- Abraham Lincoln
FB add on: Two parties may intend to do the work to discover a
peaceful resolution of opinion-differences rather than agree to disagree.
https://www.quora.com/How-can-something-be-a-human-right-if-it-must-be-created-or-provided-by-someone-else-such-as-health-care-or-housing?
by Scott Webb
I don’t think it can.
If someone accepts that they are a human being, they exercise their
individual power, energy, and authority (HIPEA) to earn the way of living they
want.
When they need something, they negotiate with a fellow citizen to provide
it. The other names a price and the requester either pays for the service or
shops elsewhere.
Neither community, government, nor the-God guarantees “life, liberty,
property, and the pursuit of happiness”. The only right that seems valid to me
is freedom-from oppression, so that the individual may use HIPEA to develop
humble-integrity rather than tolerate infidelity to their person.
FB add on: Is the right to develop humble-integrity
(that is, responsible-human-impendence) important to anyone?
https://www.quora.com/How-does-discipline-equal-freedom-In-what-ways-is-this-true?
by Barbara Young Capalbo
I don’t think discipline is freedom.
Freedom is absence of oppression, whether
external or internal.
Freedom is constraint by external forces,
such as typhoons driving people to higher ground and hurricanes driving people
inland. Also, taxation by governments constrains personal spending. As long as
the governments use the taxes for citizens it is not oppression. The individual
assures freedom by paying the taxes and by earning enough to consider taxation
a privilege rather than a burden. If government required every citizen to earn
that much, it would be tyranny. In other words, the citizen is free to choose a
life-style that holds taxation a burden. Taxation is an external limitation and
regarding it a burden is an internal constraint. Similarly, working for the
lifestyle you want constrains free time, and praying for wealth begs poverty.
With these principles we have mentioned
government freedom-from oppression when tax revenues are spent on the people,
the individual can consider taxation a privilege, and the government allows
dissent; taxation is a burden. Earning enough to regard paying taxes a
privilege constrains external oppression, and settling for a less affluent
lifestyle in order to avoid taxes is tolerance of internal oppression.
Discipline is reliable attention to
individual purpose. If your purpose is crime, you are dependent upon the
victims and thus cannot be free. If your purpose is to live the highlife by
convincing the people you are serving them, you are enslaved to a lie. If your
purpose is to constrain chaos during your lifetime, you are free and have the
potential to perfect your person.
In Congress today, we heard the tyrannies
“our liberty” and “our democracy” often. As of the summer of 2020, it is clear
that too many democrats take liberty as license to injure property and
fellow-citizens. The present Congress encourages this liberty, and the present
administration is committing crime against We the People of the United States. They
are taxing us to pay others.
However, our 1776 declaration was for
independence. We, the “ourselves and our Posterity” of 2021 should promote the
six disciplines proffered in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution: integrity,
justice, peace, strength, prosperity, and responsible-human-independence. Our
first action should be to reform the First Amendment so as to promote civic
integrity rather than religious opinion.
https://www.quora.com/What-defines-whether-someone-is-accepted-as-an-equal-or-not?
by Bonnie Day
I think it starts with acceptance of the
political philosophy in Genesis 1:27-28, in modern thought: female&male
human-being is independently-responsible to-constrain chaos in the universe.
Second, the
individual civically and privately behaves for equity under statutory justice.
A third
principle is a consequence of the first two. The civic citizen neither
initiates nor tolerates harm to or from anyone, including self and family.
FB add on: Even as female&male human-being, the
individual must behave for equity rather than equality.
https://www.quora.com/What-slogan-can-you-create-based-on-the-sociological-perspective-of-yourself?
by Hazel Nagnucab
Constrain chaos in your way of living.
https://www.quora.com/Is-philosophy-anthropocentric-by-definition-of-the-legitimate-human-condition?
by Wayne Hardy
I think so. Read, for example, Genesis
1:27–28 as literature. By that, I mean “God” could represent necessity, or
physics and its progeny including psychology.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-radical-idea-of-all-time-for-creating-good-human-society?
by Millard J Melnyk
I think a prudent idea is expressed by the
political philosophy reported in Genesis 1:27-28, interpreted in light of
humankind’s physical and psychological discoveries during the past 4 thousand
years.
My interpretation is: female&male human-beings
has sole responsibility to constrain chaos in the universe.
Further, I think the founders, in the 1776
Declaration, intentionally or not expressed humility to
responsible-human-independence, consistent with the above statement. And the
framers, in the 1787 Constitution did not lessen the humble-integrity the
founders expressed in 1776.
We, the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity”
have the opportunity to re-establish the U.S. intentions to continually
approach the peace in the universe that our posterity will discover. In other
words, we have an achievable better future to effect.
I think the first necessity is to revise
the First Amendment so as to promote civic integrity rather than religious
opinion, and I write to have it done by 2022.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/According-to-Nicolo-Machiavelli-A-leader-changing-innovating-an-organization-must-retain-the-shadow-of-their-old-traditions-Can-you-explain?
by L Brake
Of course, I cannot explain Machiavelli.
My guess is that the change agent must
find words to express the change so that it seems traditions are being upheld.
Otherwise, the people who must effect the change will be opponents.
For example, the separation of church from
state, responsible privacy from civil obligation, doctrinal Gods from
Commander-in-chief, moral demands from military strength, religious hope from
safety and security, must be presented as freedom-from oppression so that the
individual can pursue the happiness they want rather than what someone else
envisions for them.
The 1776 Declaration of war against
England’s oppression and the 1787 Constitution to order domestic safety and
happiness express these intentions. However, the 1789 Congress felt slighted by
not perceiving the constitutional divinity enjoyed by Parliament, with its 26
seats for the Church of England. The U.S. has suffered the tyranny of
religion-Congress partnership ever since and reform is past due.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-interesting-fact-of-history-that-most-people-dont-know?
by Jerry Tan
I think most people don’t know that the seven Confederate
States of America (CSA) fired on the USA over more-erroneous, white-Christian
opinion. Religious zeal can inspire men to invite such woe, and it is in the
people’s self-interest to publicize and act on the facts to prevent repetition.
After listing complaints against
the North, the South Carolina Declaration of Secession (December, 1860)
concludes, “Sectional interest and animosity will deepen
the irritation, and all hope of remedy is rendered vain, by the fact that
public opinion at the North has invested a great political error with the
sanction of more erroneous religious belief.” See Online at https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp. Seven states signed on in February, 1781.
The “more
erroneous religious belief” is that abolitionists acting to free the slaves (for
example, moving from Massachusetts to Kansas to help establish another
non-slave state rather than being patient for God’s justice) was evil. See R.
E. Lee’s letter of December 1856, Online at
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Letter_from_Robert_E_Lee_to_Mary_Randolph_Custis_Lee_December_27_1856. Quoting Lee, “I fear [the abolitionist] will
persevere in his evil Course. Is it not strange that the descendants of those
pilgrim fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of
opinion, have always proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty of
others.” Attempts to cancel fellow-citizens did not originate in 2021.
The foolish citizens
who remove monuments to Civil-War-veterans would do the world a favor to instead
affix durable plaques that explain this monumental Christian error.
Proportional to today’s population, the erroneous opinion cost 8 million
American lives.
President Abraham
Lincoln exhibited no civic integrity in his first inaugural address on March 4,
1861. He Christianity out of the debate with veiled phrases: “Why
should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?
Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is
either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of
Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or
on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the
judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.”
Lincoln
knew that the original slave-states ratio of 8:5 had changed to 7 CSA:27 Union.
Military strength was with the North. Again, cancelation politics is not new.
The
tyranny here is not Christian opinion, a private practice. The tyranny is the
religion-Congress-partnership that Congress unconstitutionally imposed in the
1791 First Amendment. The 2021 entity We the People of the United States must
revise the First Amendment so as to promote civic integrity rather than
religious opinion. Of necessity, the human being demands freedom-from
oppression in order to develop humble-integrity to the-ineluctable-truth rather
than Congressional opinion erroneously codified by the Supreme Court.
FB
add on: Publicize that the 7 Confederate States of
America (CSA) fired on the 27-state USA over more-erroneous, white-Christian
opinion: thereby, discourage repetition of such invitation to woe.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-a-natural-trait-for-people-and-groups-to-put-their-own-self-interest-ahead-of-the-greater-good?
by Wayne Hardy
I think so. It’s just that no culture coaches and encourages
its youth to develop humble-integrity.
Plato’s Socrates challenged the elites to admit that
the-good is sufficient incentive for good citizenship and the-God is no
surrogate for the-good. The elites gave him the choice of poison or
exile---ancient political cancelling not unlike the cancellation hopes of the
Democrat Party of 2016-2021.
Before Plato, a political philosopher from a neighboring
continent suggested that humankind will independently constrain chaos on earth
if it happens (Genesis 1:27-28). However, diverse philosophers constructed
schemes to bargain with the-God to favorably constrain humankind. The message
that humankind can develop the perfection of peace on earth got buried by
churches.
The first culture that will coach and encourage their youth
to accept being a human being and develop their person will enjoy an achievable
better future. The human being has the individual power, the individual energy,
and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop humble-integrity rather than
tolerate infidelity to self. Many cultures now teach their youth to seek a
higher power. Most people discover that fidelity to self is more reliable than
choosing a higher power. Perhaps that was the 4,000 year old message: accept
that the human being has the HIPEA with which to perfect self, so be grateful
and responsible.
In other words, the ultimate self-interest is to develop
humble-integrity, and it is possible to coach and encourage people to make it
happen. With most people developing personal perfection, the collective society
would also approach perfection. And that is the intention of the proffered,
literal 1787 U.S. Constitution.
https://www.quora.com/How-are-notions-of-Morality-an-end-in-itself-or-even-a-means-to-a-higher-end-What-is-the-higherend?
by Wayne Hardy
Mr. Hardy, your question is profoundly answered by the
framers of the 1787 U.S. Constitution, especially the authors of the proffered
preamble’s people’s proposition, the Committee of Style.
Those 5 delegates summarized their view of the 4-months’
debate as intentional public discipline for integrity, justice, peace,
strength, prosperity, and responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our
Posterity”. So far, the entity We the People of the United States has not
articulated the six disciplines and therefore, the disciplines are not
established in the U.S. after 232 years’ operation.
The
committee offered no standards for any of the six disciplines, leaving the
ultimate development to the continuum of living citizens---ourselves and our
descents plus the legal immigrants and their descendants.
As
a consequence of developments since 1968, a confluence of forces has created
chaos in the U.S., leaving our generation the privilege to understand how it
happened and hold the nation accountable to reform.
If
you follow my work, you are aware that I think the-God referred to in Genesis
1:27-28 asserts that humankind is independently in charge of the earth. That
is, the-God will not usurp humankind’s responsibility to take dominion and
order the earth---constrain chaos. Further, you are aware that my view of the
founder’s humble-integrity to both church and state (privacy and civility) is
evident in their 1776 declaration of war, wherein they do not disparage the
English-God, their Protestant Trinity. The inhabitants of the colonies were too
religiously free to be bound by the (formerly Catholic) Church of England.
A
half generation of “ourselves and our Posterity” later, the framers created the
institutions and laws to order domestic life in the USA. Nothing in the 1787
U.S. Constitution lessens to humble-integrity the founders had expressed.
Referring
again to the six disciplines proffered in the preamble, note that religion is excluded
(for privacy) and I changed “liberty” to “independence” as more amenable to
human-responsibility in privacy. France’1789 bloody revolution for “liberty,
equality, fraternity” turned up as BLM and antifa for anti-fascists
(against nation/race oppressing the dissident individual) in today’s USA,
demonstrating that “liberty” too often is egocentric license to injure property
and fellow citizens.
As
a human being who by age 10 doubted Christianity yet pursued it for 4 decades,
I understand the tyranny of the religion-Congress-partnership that Congress
unconstitutionally imposed on the U.S. in 1791. It defies Genesis 1, the 1776
Declaration, and the 1787 Constitution.
Our
generation has the privilege to revise the First Amendment in order to promote
civic, humble-integrity keeping religious choices individual and private. Stop
U.S. conflicts between the-ineluctable-evidence of harm and metaphysical
hopes/comforts; the rule of law versus emotionalism.
I
write daily to urge the 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” to revise the First
Amendment to promote civic integrity by 2022. Readers who agree, please write
your Senators and Congressperson, and share the message with friends,
neighbors, and acquaintances.
FB
add on: Do you, as a U.S. citizen, think the nation’s
youth is prepared for the constraints of $30 trillion in federal debt? If not,
act now to relieve ourselves and our posterity of the trends Congress, the U.S.
Supreme Court, and the alien Democrat Party is imposing on the USA.
https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-the-lack-of-respect-our-younger-generation-has-now?
by Boby G. Ace
I
think the younger generations are fed up with adult hypocrisy. Like every
generation in their first half century, they have not the background with which
to articulate their angst. Many late-teens I have talked to are more serious
than many adults. Some taught me to appreciate self-discipline more than ever
before. I feel confident that discipline is the key to the future that is
inevitable.
But
I doubt that one would suggest that six public disciplines is the object of the
preamble to the U.S. Constitution, namely: integrity, justice, peace, strength,
prosperity, and responsible-human-independence. The standards for these
disciplines are to be discovered by “ourselves and our Posterity”. Notice that
religion is not one of the disciplines, as the U.S. accepts and intends
religion as a private pursuit for adults.
Most
people in their third quarter-century may have grandchildren and feel grateful
they may not know the misery their posterity faces with nearly $30 trillion in
national debt. People in the second quarter-century may lose sleep over the
satisfactions they hope-for while debts against their children accumulate. People
in their first quarter century try to keep busy so as not to focus on the chaos
they perceive from the older generations.
The
chaos has not suddenly appeared. It has been developing since Congress betrayed
the U.S. independence-intentions expressed in the 1776 declaration of war
against England and the 1787 U.S. Constitution. Both of these documents express
responsible-human-independence. Intentionally or not, the authors of each
document accept the Genesis 1:27-28 charge to independently take dominion and order
the land.
Compare
the English, Mayflower Compact, 1620, which attributes responsibility to God
and the Christian faith: “Having
undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith, and
the honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the
Northern parts of Virginia . . .”
Congress, in 1791, unconstitutionally
created a Protestant-Congress partnership that was the accepted cancel culture
for 230 years as of 2021. As a human-being developing trust-in and
commitment-to the-ineluctable-truth, most of which is unknown, I have always
been canceled by my community.
When I was a Baptist, my Sunday school was
studying relationships with neighbors, and our teacher asked me to share my
deep thought. I said, “We should set such a good example that our neighbor may
one day ask, ‘Why are you so good?”
We can respond that we have Jesus in our
heart, and if they indicate they do not, we can suggest they consider Jesus.
Otherwise, we should treat all neighbors the same.
The teacher called me a heretic. I was 45 in
a class of 70s and older, and the church created a new, deep-thinking 40s men’s
class. The teacher asked why Jesus died on the cross and all but one person
answered, “To redeem men of their sins.” I said, “God could have handled
Pontius Pilot freeing Jesus instead of turning him over to the clergy.”
Not long after that, I resigned from the
Baptist brotherhood. (That is unusual, since the church is a local body of believers.)
I asked a Catholic priest to serve me the
Eucharist as Remembrance so that I could approach the altar with my family. He
responded, “No: you must embrace transubstantiation.”
In chemical engineering, with a B.S. in a
crowd of M.S. and PhD engineers, I was promoted to R&D Advisor and retired
with 35-years’ service to one company. When the boss who sponsored my promotion
to Advisor learned I was not a Christian, he said he never knew me and wished
he could recall that affirmation of my work.
In 2021, fellow-citizens who are accustomed
to the Judeo-Christian-Congress-partnership and a Supreme Court that seems more
Judeo-Catholic, are shocked with cancelation of their culture by a confluence
of forces that also do not understand what is happening.
The Democrats, the media, sports stars,
entertainers, the clergy, black-dissidents, LGBTQ, illegal inhabitants, and
aliens do not realize why chaos seems attractive to them.
I think both sides are mistaken to not
consider what is at stake and how easily the angst can be remedied. Each
Genesis 1:27-28, the 1776 Declaration, and the 1787 U.S. Constitution call for
humility toward God, the common representation of energy above humankind, with
responsibility for peace on earth to “ourselves and our Posterity.”
The Judeo-Christian-Congress-partnership
cannot usurp responsible-human-independence. Therefore, We the People of the
United States of 2021 must revise the First Amendment from “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” to “Congress shall make no
law lessening civic-integrity” or better.
Every human being faces
consideration of their afterdeath, that vast time after body, mind, and person
stop functioning. The humanly-constructed consideration of metaphysics, such as
soul, is a choice each person may make. However, it is a private consideration
rather than a civil imposition. Fellow-citizens are free to develop humble-integrity
if they prefer. The 2021 ourselves and our posterity can stop the Congressional
tyranny the U.S. suffers.
Readers who are woke to Congressional
tyranny can write their Senators and Congressperson to initiate the
constitutional amendment right away.
FB add on: Adult hypocrisy is too entrenched for youth to articulate
their angst; they merely express disgust. The present chaos calls for U.S.
reform from Congressional-religion to civic-integrity.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-The-conflict-notion-of-the-individuals-right-and-group-right/answer/Phil-Beaver-1
continuation from last week by Jon Davis
Mr.
Davis, it’s not welcoming to question if I am a religious man or an atheist,
when I am expressing that I am a human being: I accept the individual power, the individual
energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to develop humble-integrity to
the-ineluctable-truth rather than tolerate infidelity to my person. Please
realize I am sharing the consequence of a lifetime and that each step took
acceptance of the realities I faced. You are being informed of the shocks all
at once, and it isn’t easy: you are a kind, patient person. I know, because
I’ve been there. I’ve stood in the choir-loft singing “Give Me Jesus” with
tears literally flooding my face. With all those heads watching great director
Leroy Yarbrough (d. 2008), no one saw my emotions. (I had long before 2008
dropped out of the Baptist brotherhood.)
Back
to the documents, I perceive in Genesis 1 the suggestion that necessity charges
humankind to independently constrain chaos on earth, leaving to higher
authority (perhaps God or perhaps physics) the force to hold each human
accountable for peace.
During
the subsequent 4,000 years, some civilizations compete in reasonable constructs
by which they purport-to bargain with the higher power to assure their
culture’s success in constraining chaos within and defeating the enemy without.
Christianity is only one of the monotheisms that would disprove the Genesis 1
assignment to the human being: constrain chaos in living.
England,
in 1215 partnered their Catholic bishops at Canterbury with the lords in
Parliament for legislation of laws, lessening the powers of King John with his
agreement. In 1689’s Bill of Rights, England stipulated a Protestant monarchy.
England
had started colonizing the eastern seaboard of N. American in 1607 at
Jamestown. However, colonists came from many European countries and other parts
of the world. Starting 1619, substantially England bought African-slave exports
and placed them here to enrich agricultural development. Many Americans
objected to the cruel practice that was imposed on their society, and when, in
1763, a new king decided to tax the colonies and take the proceeds to pay
French-war debts, some colonists sensed being enslaved as tax earners and
slave-overlords.
It
is important to note that many of the colonial leaders were loyal British
subjects who were as shocked to realize and admit to their oppression as I was
shocked 2 decades ago to realize all the time I spent defending the Christian
religion was self-enslavement for a business proposition. Good grief! Right at
the prime of my years with 3 adolescent, Catholic, children, I tithed to the
Baptist Church. My Sunday school class agreed that my children would burn in
hell because they had not been baptized by emersion. My son’s baseball coach
made him miss his supper more than once telling him the same thing. When I
explained that all three children had confirmed their faith at their first communion,
the class ignorantly said, “Yes, but confirmation is not a sacrament.” The
called me heretic for another reason. Have you ever felt the sting of being
called heretic?
By
1774, the colonists decided they must defend their way of living rather than urge
Parliament to stop the abuse. A farmer-militia liberated Worcester MA in
September, 1774 without a shot fired; British officials never returned to their
offices. However, in April, 1775, shots were fired and the war was on.
In
1776, the founders declared the war but did not disparage the English Trinity,
because to many loyal colonists God is Protestant, not Catholic. But a few
colonists were Catholic, so all colonists must be represented. The founders
claimed human authority based on Nature and Nature’s God. They enlisted “the
good People” of the colonies to execute the military actions under “the Supreme
Judge of the world”. Rather than rely on prayer for the victory, they
negotiated with France for military providence. Thus, the founders separated church
from state. And they accepted and met the Genesis 1 charge to constrain chaos
in their land.
The
colonists were accustomed to charters like the Mayflower Compact, 1620, which starts, “IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose
names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord
King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France,
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith,
and the Honour of our King and Country . . .”
Consider the 3rd
paragraph of the Massachusetts Constitution’s preamble, 1780 and today: “We,
therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts,
the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the
course of His providence, an opportunity . . .”
I think all 50 state constitutions acknowledge God in some
way. These
documents cannot purport to accept the Genesis 1 political philosophy that God
will not usurp humankind’s responsibility for legislation. Most writers
of constitutions insert a disclaimer that attributes to God mistakes of
government officials.
But not the framers of the U.S. Constitution: they affirmed
the humble-integrity proffered by the 1776 Declaration. The framers maintained
the separation of church and state. Some detractors call it “the godless
constitution”. Some do so to erroneously defend a secular state. The 1787 U.S.
Constitution merely assigns religion to privacy rather than imposing it
civilly. Congress, in 1791 unconstitutionally imposed the tyranny of religion
as the legislative scape goat. It’s pure Chapter XI Machiavellianism.
Machiavelli wrote that since God is the scape goat, only a
fool would object. I like to think of myself as an advocate for humble-integrity
more than a dreamer. Both fool and hater I deny.
That brings me to a request for you, Mr. Davis. Think of me
not as theist or atheist
but as developing humble-integrity. Foremost, I admit not knowing what I don’t
know.
Accepting
and performing according to the literal words in Genesis 1:27-28 is not easy. I
think it is well worth contemplation and practice by the human being. I think
the 1776 founders and the 1787 framers met the Genesis 1 standard: separation
of church and state. Congress is out of line, but the U.S. does not have to
tolerate Congressional tyranny.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-are-some-situational-examples-of-a-perplexed-conscience?
By Patrick Dela Cruz
A
4,000 year-old political philosophy in Genesis 1:27-28 charges humankind to
constrain chaos on earth. In 2021, implications include a nation yields to its
Commander-in-Chief for civic integrity. In the U.S., that’s the duly elected
President, who chose a VP running mate.
Matthew
wrote in 22:21 that Jesus said, “Give
therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the
things that are God’s.” And John, in 8:58 reported “
. . . before Abraham was even born, I Am!' ." For all we know,
Jesus presented the charge in Genesis 1. I’m sincere and have observed this
possibility elsewhere, even as I doubt it.
On
January 4, 2021, Vice-President Mike Pence witnessed for Jesus Christ. On
January 6, he betrayed President Trump, We the People of the United States, and
the charge in Genesis 1. Pence may be suffering more than we can imagine and
may not even be aware of my interpretation.
If
Pence suffers, I hope he realizes he can admit the error, reform, and be whole
again. In fact, he may be the best candidate to reform the U.S. tyranny of
“freedom of religion”.
FB
add on: We the People of the United States need to
free Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court from their 1791 curse: civil freedom
of religion as surrogate for civic integrity.
To Patricia Woodbury:
Genesis 1:27–28, accounting for discoveries
during the past 4 thousand years, suggests that only female&male
human-beings can constrain chaos in the universe. Thus, the-God of Genesis 1
(whatever it is) has interest and will not usurp
responsible-human-independence. For all we know, that God is Jesus.
A study to find objections to Genesis
1:27–28 in the 1776 Declaration and the 1787 Constitution finds none. Those
three documents each separate church and state.
In the U.S., the sole power to uphold
those three documents rests with the Commander-in-Chief, the President. For
example, President Trump did not hesitate to kill notorious terrorists, even
though the 10 commandments say “Thou shalt not kill.” Pence did not object.
The president has the duty to see that the
laws are upheld. The political Supreme Court had rejected (until now) the law
suits Trump had entered. Therefore, he instructed Pence to send contested
electoral votes back to their states. The controversy would have been settled
by the Supreme Court.
On January 4, in Georgia, Pence promised
supporters they would get answers on January 6. On Youtube, at 10 minutes he
says he’s there because he stands with Donald Trump. He witnessed for Jesus
Christ. It’s astounding to watch at 39 minutes of PENCE SPEAKS
TO EVANGELICAL BASE IN GEORGIA.
Pence exalts himself at 42 minutes.
On January 6 morning, Pence announced he
would not cooperate with Trump in sending the electoral votes back to contested
states. He betrayed Trump, We the People of the United States, and
responsible-human-independence as described in Genesis 1 and in the 1787 U.S.
Constitution.
Jesus is reported to have said, “Before
Abraham was born I am.” For all I know, that means he is the-God referenced in
Genesis 1. That is, the-God who assigned peace on earth to female&male
human-being. When Pence defied his Commander-in-Chief, he may also have defied
Jesus, based on Pence hubris.
To Patricia Woodbury again:
I
think you brought “TL” to the comments.
Recall
my first paragraph in my original post:
“A
4,000 year-old political philosophy in Genesis 1:27-28 charges humankind to
constrain chaos on earth. With discoveries since then, suggestions include that
a nation yields to its Commander-in-Chief for civic integrity. In the U.S.,
that’s the duly elected President, who chose a VP running mate.”
I
never commented that Trump lied. And I don’t think he did.
I
think Pence made his beliefs more important than Jesus’ messages, betraying
most of all Pence. It is not an uncommon error. Once a human being recognizes
the error, they can’t wait to practice reform as they perceive it.. Some become
humble to the-good, suggested by Plato’s Socrates.
To Patricia Woodbury again:
My quote is “a nation yields to its Commander-in-Chief for
civic integrity. In the U.S., that’s the duly elected President, who chose a VP
running mate.”
For four years, Pence stood with the Trump/Pence ticket the
nation elected in 2016. At the last moment, Pence witnessed for his opinion
about Jesus, then betrayed his ticket. I speculate that Jesus is not too happy
about Pence using Jesus’s name in his egocentric decision, if he did that.
Biden has nothing to do with this. And Trump is not even
involved. It all rests with Mike Pence and his opportunity to reform to Genesis
1:27–28, which for all I sincerely know was suggested by the Jesus of “before
Abraham was born I am.”
To Patricia Woodbury again:
I wrote, “. . . Genesis 1:27–28, which for all I sincerely
know was suggested by the Jesus of “before Abraham was born I am.”
You wrote “That’s utter nonsense.”
Are you certain? On what grounds are you certain?
To Patricia Woodbury again:
Why do you “presume” to impose the case of Hitler’s Germany
on a duly elected political ticket in the U.S.—-namely, the Trump/Pence ticket
that was elected under the U.S. Constitution in 2016 and began service in 2017?
Nothing in the Constitution authorizes the Vice President to
betray the President and thereby the people who voted for the ticket. Pence
applied commitment to personal belief about Jesus Christ. We don’t know if St.
Mark was reliable, but in 12:17, he reported that Jesus said, ““Give back to
Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
I think Pence betrayed Trump, Jesus, Genesis 1:27–28, and
the entity We the People of the United States.
What if you actually used your creativity and energy to
consider my point?
https://www.quora.com/What-do-citizens-owe-their-society?
By Carley Pediangco
In
the world, the-ineluctably-good citizen neither initiates nor tolerates harm to
or from anyone including self and family. A kind message is preferred.
Sometimes, first-responders must be matter-of-necessity called.
In
the U.S., the citizen owes fellow-citizens their hard-earned interpretation of
the abstract, proffered people’s proposition in the preamble to the U.S.
Constitution.
Mine
just now is: This member of the entity We the People of the United States
practices and promotes the 5 public disciplines---integrity, justice, peace, strength,
and prosperity, “in order to” establish responsible-human-independence “to
ourselves and our Posterity”.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/How-do-we-overcome-Culture-Social-Relativism?
By AB Gusiz
Consider
Genesis 1:27-28 a charge to independently constrain chaos during one human
lifetime and set an example.
Also,
consider my interpretation of Agathon’s speech in Plato’s “Symposium”: appreciation
neither initiates nor tolerates harm to or from any person.
The
challenge here is kindly expressing resistance when you think someone is
causing or intends to cause injury. It takes practice to become kind; it starts
with appreciating the other as a human being (even though they may not deserve
it). When injury is happening, it is best to call in first-responders if
possible.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Do-you-agree-with-the-American-ideals-of-equality-and-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-Why-or-why-not?
By Carley Pediangco
As
I view the founders’ expressions in the 1776 Declaration, yes.
That
is, a king is foremost a fellow-citizen. Life and happiness are particular to
the human being, if they accept being a human being (see “the good People”).
And the bloody revolution of 1789 with its motto "liberty,
equality, fraternity" taught that liberty is not as representative as
“responsible-human-independence”. The U.S. needs to re-name the statue in NY
Harbor “The Statue of Independence”.
It’s
noteworthy that the Declaration expresses humility by not disparaging the
English-Protestant Trinity and referring to “Nature and Nature’s God” for
individual human authority to pursue happiness.
https://www.quora.com/Do-all-societies-cherish-values-that-are-impossible-for-the-average-individual-to-obtain?
By Mark Thomas Carr
I
don’t think so. It’s a matter of intending to constrain chaos in personal
living rather than waiting for another power to discipline life.
Most
societies teach their youth to seek a higher
power---the-God-whatever-it-may-be, a doctrinal-God, a government, a
philosophy, a guru, a guru until you surpass it. I know of only one society
that proffered public discipline in order to develop responsible-human-independence,
and that society is dormant due to Chapter XI Machiavellian tyranny.
Humankind
developed tools starting about 3 million years ago, created languages perhaps
150 thousand years ago, constructed gods perhaps 60 thousand years ago, and
many societies started constructing their monotheisms about 4 thousand years
ago. About that time, a middle-eastern political philosopher suggested that
male&female human beings must, independent of the-God, flourish, dominate
the other living species, and subdue the earth (Genesis 1:27-28).
In
4 thousand years, humankind has discovered less than they need, yet much can be
construed from Genesis 1. Female&male human beings must constrain chaos in
their lives. Perhaps the dinosaurs dying away was essential to human
feasibility. To develop children and grandchildren for life, female&male
must establish civic-integrity rather than tolerate infidelity.
The-ineluctable-evidence, so far, affirms that the-God will not usurp
female&male responsibility to constrain chaos. Separating responsibilities
to the-God from those to humankind, in 2021 political language, is separation
of church from state.
The
founders of the USA intentionally separated church from state, as expressed in
their 1776 declaration of independence from the Church of England’s Protestant
Trinity and constitutional partnership with Parliament. They appealed to
“Nature and Nature’s God” for individual, human authority. The founders spoke
for “the good People” in dedicating their all to the war for independence,
appealing “to the Supreme Judge of the world” for military justice. In 1778,
sensing defeat, they petitioned France for military providence. In 1781,
Cornwallis surrender to France and the continental army at Yorktown, VA. No
where did they disparage the Trinity, whether diverse-Protestant or ever-reforming
Catholic. The founders separated church from state, perhaps cognizant of
Genesis 1; I don’t know.
Only
6 years later, 13 free and independent former colonies seemed dysfunctional as
a confederation of states. 12 states sent delegates to strengthen domestic
order under the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they framed a nation, with
a central government to provide what neither individual states nor the people
could provide. Not one word in the 1787 U.S. Constitution lessens the 1776
separation of church from state.
Congress,
in 1791, arrogated Genesis 1, the 1776 Declaration, and the 1787 Constitution
by unconstitutionally creating a religion-Congress partnership. We, the 2021
“ourselves and our Posterity” must end Congress’s tyranny this year. The entity
“We the People of the United States” must revise the religion clauses in the
First Amendment to “Congress shall make no law that lessens civic-integrity” or
better.
Meanwhile,
fellow-citizens can get started on an achievable better future in the U.S.,
where believers look privately to higher power for hopes and comforts but
provide safety and security so that every responsible person may pursue the
happiness they perceive rather than accept the dictates of another.
What
makes this better future achievable is a culture that encourages and coaches
its youth to acquire the comprehension and intention to constrain chaos in
their life rather than accept infidelity to self. That society is already
proffered in the 3 documents I discussed above.
I
write to learn, so please comment. If you like this, make your own expression
and extend it to your Senators and Congress person.
FB
add on: Constraining chaos in personal living rather
than waiting for a higher power to take responsibility.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Would-you-fight-for-freedom-if-it-meant-you-would-become-like-your-captors-and-enslave-others?
By Toots McSchit
No.
But, I don’t agree that under freedom-from oppression a human-being might
enslave others. Civil-religion imposes slavery against civic-integrity.
Commentary and 17-18 century western
thought confuses freedom-from oppression with liberty-to abuse fellow citizens.
One of the most powerful propaganda-phrases is “consent of the governed.”
I read, write, and listen to promote
responsible-independence, because liberty is too often exercised as license to
destroy property and persons. For example, the media take the liberty to censor
people and BLM takes the liberty to abuse the black citizens who are foremost
human-beings. In 1791, Congress took the unconstitutional liberty to create a
religion-Congress partnership, and, so far, 12 generations of U.S. citizens
have tolerated the tyranny. Families “keep the faith” that their-God will
eventually relieve their posterity. That is to say, most U.S. adults long-since
focused on personal satisfaction rather than preventing debt to their children.
The U.S. government that was proffered on
September 17, 1787 intends public safety so that responsible individuals may
pursue the happiness they perceive rather than submit to the vision someone
else has for them. The document the framers debated for 4 months to initiate
amendable domestic order proffered a purpose. Only the signers approved the
abstractly expressed preamble, then only 5 days old. Civically-disciplined
people would hold fellow citizens in local, state, and national
government-offices accountable.
The 1787 Constitution affirmed the
separation of church from state that is expressed in the 1776 declaration of
independence from the constitutional partnership of England’s Protestant
Trinity with Parliament. The founders asserted human authority on “Nature’s
God” without disparaging the Trinity, whether Catholic or Protestant, and they
appealed to “the good People” to effect the military strength under “the
Supreme Judge of the world”.
When it seemed they were losing, in 1778,
they appealed to France for military providence. In 1789, the
French motto, "liberty,
equality, fraternity", licensed the “bloody revolution” or “reign of
terror”. The 1885 French
gift in the New York Harbor may be re-named “the Statue of Independence” to
represent the receiving nation’s 1776&1787 intentions.
Aware or not, both the 1776 founders and
the 1787 framers followed the freedom-from oppression that is expressed by an
ancient political philosopher in Genesis 1:27-28. The author suggested that
the-God does not usurp humankind’s responsibility to dominate the other species
and “subdue the earth”. That is to say, female&male human beings are
independently responsible to constrain chaos on earth.
Take the time to create your interpretation
of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, considering the above three documents,
each respecting separation of church from state. Higher authority will not
usurp the human-being’s responsibility to constrain chaos in their life. My preamble-interpretation
today is: This member of “We the People
of the United States” accepts the 5 public disciplines: integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” live by
responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity”.
Both the original preamble and my
interpretation reserve humility toward whatever the higher power is, by keeping
the question private. It may be the Trinity, Jesus, physics and its progeny
including psychology, the statutory justice our posterity will discover, chaos,
or something else: I don’t know.
The 2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” may
end the U.S. tyranny by requiring Congress to revise the First Amendment from “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” to “Congress shall make no law restricting civic integrity” or “Congress shall make no law that increases civic chaos” or
better. The change must leave religious pursuits to individual privacy rather
than civic imposition.
People who
are not U.S. citizens can apply these principles in their countries. There’s global
synergy when U.S. citizens mimic other peoples who take independent
responsibility to constrain chaos on earth. Also, the starting points would not
be that different, because responsible-human-independence now yields to
“freedom of religion” in U.S. tradition.
FB add on: The 1791 Congressional “freedom of religion”
oppresses development of responsible-human-independence in the U.S. We, the
2021 “ourselves and our Posterity” must hold accountable and reform
fellow-citizens in Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court who preserve the tyranny
of civil-religion imposed against civic-integrity.
https://www.quora.com/The-Golden-Rule-says-Do-unto-others-what-you-want-others-do-unto-you-What-do-you-think-is-the-standard-of-love-if-we-consider-this-rule-1?
By Arkiella Lorren
I’ve
read about 7 versions of this rule, and they all seem egocentric to me. I think
necessity requires me to appreciate (for them) the happiness a responsible
citizen prefers.
https://www.quora.com/Has-the-cult-of-personality-undermined-fair-political-discourse?
By Graham C Lindsay
I don’t think so.
It seems to me humankind (the
good posterity among the species that made tools 3 million years ago, attempted
substitution of the-God as surrogate for necessity 4,000 years ago, and
continually improves chaos-constraint in the world) has reached a 2021 acceptance
on par with terminating human
sacrifice to appease the-God,
whatever-it-may-seem-to-be (3,700 years ago in the Middle East and much later
in Central America and Hawaii). At least in
the U.S., after 232-years’ operation, political power has entered divergent
chaos, which if not corrected will lead to annihilation of the rule of
statutory justice (continually
improved written law).
We learned this morning that
the U.S. Supreme Court will hear several cases concerning cheating in the 2020
presidential election, and that is a glimmer of hope for survival against the
Democrat-Party evil: break the law and deal with court outcomes if some judge
decides to act.
So far, the Biden
administration seems intent on fulfilling Senator Schumer’s ambition to change
America. I can’t predict, but I hope the consequence will be the end of the
Democrat Party in the U.S., predicated on the national acceptance that the U.S.
is a republic under the rule of law and there is no place for democratic power.
Therefore, the label “Democrat” is politically defeating to the candidate.
(Also, Schumer is the second greatest example of the need for term limits;
unlimited state elections empowers regional preferences.)
Moreover, anyone who has
followed my work since the late 1990s knows that I urge replacement of the
religion clauses in the First Amendment, today to “No branch of government will
take actions that either increase chaos or lessen civic integrity; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the responsible
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.”,
or better. (Acceptance that this legislation applies to more than congress is
new for me, and as usual, I am grateful to you, Mr. Lindsay, for nudging my
interest.)
The original says, “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.
Readers who like these
principles are encouraged to do the work to modify them to their preferences
and write to your Congressperson and Senators to hold them accountable to the
revisions.
FB add on: Good news for the
entity We the People of the United States (posterity to 1776's "the good
People of these colonies" and Genesis 1:27-28 independently-responsible,
human male&female).
Law professors
To
Bryan A. Garner, LawProse Lesson No.
355
https://www.lawprose.org/bryan-garner/videos/garners-writing-lessons/ (examples)
Editing a message check list,
Garner then my opinion:
1.
Completely truthful vs expressing humble-integrity (e.g. I don’t
know when that is true)
2.
All that needs to be said vs inviting other views
3.
Diplomatic and fair vs in justice and kindness
And add-ons from Steve Haffner, https://mailchi.mp/stevehaffner.com/cognizance-formerly-the-invisible-mind-blocks-newsletter-10015316?e=bfe5642487
4.
Clearly, attractively, and sincerely
Phil
Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to the-objective-truth which
can only be discovered. Conventional wisdom has truth founded on reason, but it
obviously does not work.
Phil is agent
for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit
corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, and consider essays
from the latest and going back as far as you like.
