Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The comment box below invites readers to write.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society.
Consider writing a personal
paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens mutual appreciation: For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and
paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows We the People of the United States proffer &
practice 5 public disciplines —- integrity, justice, peace, strength, and
prosperity, “in order to” encourage & facilitate
responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity”. I want to improve my interpretation by listening to
other citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the original, 1787,
text, unless it is amended by the people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one has challenged whether or
not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this
independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states
deliberately managed by disciplined fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the people who
collaborate for human justice.
Every citizen
has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in
the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try
somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the
goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies
grandchildren. “Freedom of religion,” which fellow citizens have no means to
discipline, oppresses freedom to develop integrity.
Selected theme from this week
U.S. citizens can& may reform Congressional-religious-freedom to civic-integrity. See “News”.
News
theepochtimes.com/federal-judge-dismisses-felony-obstruction-charge-against-jan-6-defendant_4325257.html?
This is one of the most regrettable media-products I have
ever witnessed: the photo with the caption containing "The crowd started a
stampede out of the tunnel after police deployed gas on the crowd, witnesses
said."
Even the media take no responsibility for their words. Nancy
Pelosi takes no responsibility for Capital Police. Capital Police officers take
no responsibility for gassing citizens. The citizens take no responsibility for
panicking. The media takes no responsibility for wording that passes the buck.
Only the dead are held accountable for being there to be crushed by all the
irresponsible actions.
The USA expects a responsible monopoly on force: local
police, Capital police the National Guard, the military, each managed by
responsible agents. The Jan 6 Committee owes it to the U.S. to investigate and
prosecute the agents in charge of the monopoly on force and hold them
responsible for this abuse of tear gas.
You will not find me at a public demonstration. I do not
trust the U.S. freedom or liberty. I don't trust them with my vote, either, yet
vote. I work toward responsible-human-independence (RHI) according to the
intentions abstractly expressed in the 1787 U.S. Constitution.
RHI was also
pursued by the Sumer civilization 5,500 years ago. No matter how they evolved,
wise kings used their city-god to incentivize civic citizens to collaborate to
1) discover how to survive& at their peak, thrive and 2) constrain
dependent fellow-citizens. Competitive cities appreciated each other’s gods and
divine kings. Chaos was constrained by necessity& justice.
Together, the 1776 declaration of independence to the USA
and the 1787 Constitution proffer 5 public disciplines --- integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” establish RHI to ourselves and
our Posterity” including legal immigrants. There are no discipline-standards,
leaving our posterity well positioned to develop statutory justice as
discovered. There is no religion, as it is consigned to privacy.
Citizens who consider these principles can& may create
an achievable better future, leaping from 5,500 years ago to the reformed RHI
proffered in 1787 and bemused by the 1791 First Amendment’s religion clauses among
other re-establishments of colonial-English tradition.
Fellow citizens can& may learn about Sumer innovations
to constrain chaos by reading a good book about it. They are credited with the
first literature, cuneiform, the first dictionaries, and the wheel in work
functions.
If we, the 2022 “ourselves and our Posterity” continue to
accommodate Congresses freedom of religion rather than mutually requiring their
civic-integrity, extended divergent chaos to posterity will be on our account.
Quora
quora.com/Is-conformity-positive-or-negative?
by Henry Obeng
Necessity& justice urge the choice to develop
responsible-human-independence (RHI).
The civic-citizen practices, facilitates, and encourages
neither initiating nor accommodating harm to-or-from any person.
Conformity to these principles is positive.
quora.com/Is-it-fair-to-judge-history-based-on-contemporary-views-and-thinking?
by Andrew Martin
A human-being reads, writes, converses, and listens in
self-interest. In other words, in responsible-human-independence (RHI).
Self-interest is mutually beneficial. More than fair, self-interest is
civic-integrity.
Intentions to attenuate discovery, in order to accommodate
historical views is folly. For example, would it be useful to debate
exploration of the universe with someone who viewed the sky as “the heavens”?
quora.com/What-is-our-nations-most-important-source-of-law?
by Greg Thomas
Necessity& justice to the people.
Extracting these provisions from the U.S. Congress and the
Supreme Court is like pushing a line of water drops on a flat surface.
quora.com/In-your-own-words-what-does-it-mean-to-be-free?
by Timothy Girkin
My wife helped me realize I have always worked for
independence. In my eighth decade, I work to promote
responsible-human-independence (RHI).
Independence means able to manage
both internal and external constraints.
I constantly read, write, and talk
in order to recall bad-behaviors and correct them. I also nourish my awareness
of physics& its-progeny: mathematics, chemistry, biology, psychology,
imagination, fiction, and indeed everything. I try to avoid services I can
render on my own; for example, I exercise in a public park.
I monitor and observe the law and
manage family resources so as to pay our taxes. I consider each member of the
family a person. I stay informed so that I may vote in my self-interest rather
than help lessen my independence.
I contribute at church, so as to
influence some fellow-citizens to happily accept salvation of mysterious soul
according to personal hopes and also practice, facilitate, and encourage RHI. I
also nourish friendships beyond church. I employ reliable services and
faithfully pay their fee for service rendered. I appreciatively caution someone
I perceive intends or is acting-in error.
I cannot imagine being free and
prefer RHI.
quora.com/unanswered/Does-the-Bible-allow-for-complete-freedom-of-speech-for-its-followers-or-does-it-have-a-warning-to-guard-the-tongue-according-to-Proverbs-13-3?
by Stef Lynn
Also, there’s Revelations 22:18-19.
It seems erroneous to worship& praise a God that is so
weak as to threaten a person, so I don’t.
quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-government-overreach-that-you-find-concerning?
by Barbara Young Capalbo
There is no forum to discuss the necessity& justice of
civic-integrity to replace civil-religion in U.S. governance.
Three documents abstractly express
the above principle.
First, Genesis 1:28 with a 2022 comprehension suggests: human-being
can& may independently provide order and prosperity to the lesser species
and to the earth. The Sumer kingships, during the period 12 thousand to 4
thousand years ago, developed brutal law codes, their polytheism, and slavery,
in order to constrain opposing inhabitants.
Aliens empowered by iron when
Sumer had none, defeated them. The Sumer peoples, characterized by light skin
and black hair, dispersed into the Middle East and beyond.
Fast forward to 1763, and the
world was further diversified. Competing monotheisms empowered national elites
to constrain the people in various hopes such as success in war or salvation of
mysterious souls. The elites justified war, while the citizen nourished
personal hope for their soul.
Second, a unique opportunity appeared when European settlers in the
eastern seaboard of North America realized they were colonially enslaved as
slave-masters to the competing ambitions of England, France, and Spain. They
rebelled in 1763, united as self-titled states in 1774, and declared war for
independence from England in 1776. France& Spain contributed to USA victory
in 1781.
Their 1776 Declaration claims
authority from “Nature’s God” instead of England’s Trinity. The 1776
Declaration comports to Genesis 1:28’s principle,
responsible-human-independence (RHI).
Third, the unity-commitment of 1774 was ineffective after the 1783
Treaty of Paris made the 13 states free& independent to the world.
Therefore, 12 of 13 states sent delegates to Philadelphia in 1787. After 4
months’ debate, 39 of 55 delegates signed the 1787 U.S. Constitution. It
proposes 5 domestic disciplines, in order to develop RHI to “ourselves and our
Posterity” including legal immigrants.
The 5 disciplines omit religion,
consigning that choice to civic-privacy rather than civil-imposition: private
choice rather than public submission. The 1787 U.S. Constitution comports to
Genesis 1:28’s principle, responsible-human-independence (RHI).
I want to discuss with Congress
and the Supreme Court the tyranny of the First Amendment’s religion clauses
(1791) and propose revision so as to practice, facilitate, and encourage
civic-integrity. I cannot find a local representative to help me politically
express the arguments presented above.
quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-outstanding-implications-of-the-peer-replication-crisis-Are-scientific-standards-in-modern-times-the-result-of-influence-from-political-or-social-bias-rather-than-logic-and-reason-Would-this-mean-the?
by Whucko Thui
Thui, I nominate your question for a quora golden globe
award for 2022 and express my appreciation at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.
Also, you enlightened me about
articles like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis and thewire.in/science/replication-crisis-science.
I consider “replication crisis” a political construct that opposes human
responsibility.
The Google ngram shows
“replication crisis” perhaps breaking zero in about 1993, and barely emerging
around 2014. “Scientific method” peaked in 1950 and “political science” in
1970. Durkheim (d. 1917 promoted citizen-interview statistics as political
science and spawned social sciences. A
more frequently used, pertinent group of words and their peak-frequency dates
include truth (1654), opinion (1814), evidence (1910), statistics (1978),
research (1985), technology (1990), and science (2005). It seems human
reliability is declining.
The issue is physics versus
metaphysics, a long-standing debate. Human being must discover necessity&
justice to survive. They are constrained not by reason or religion but by
physics& its-progeny, including mathematics, chemistry, biology,
psychology, imagination, fiction, lies, indeed everything. The human duty is to
research the-ineluctable-evidence, accept the discovery, and if positive, do
the research to comprehend usage to the human-being’s benefit. If the research
is negative, the researcher must conclude: we still don’t know.
Ineluctable means “not to be
avoided, changed, or resisted”. Consequently, discovery is affirmed when new
researchers with new methods get the same results. Alternate research rather
than replication affirmed the discovery.
Often, new instruments of
perception reveal oversights in the prior work, and new research improves
perception of the evidence. Ultimately, fidelity to the evidence may empower
discovery of the-ineluctable-truth. For example, we now comprehend that the
earth is like a globe orbiting our sun, neither of which is at the center of
the galaxy let alone the universe.
In research, statistics is a tool,
used, for example, to examine whether or not evidence-controlling variables are
included in the research. For example, a flat earth perceives length&
width, omitting deepness. Social sciences are pretenses, because there is no
ineluctable-evidence. There’s only human opinion and statistical designs to
shape personal-interview gathering, analysis, and conclusions so as to prove an
opinion. Researcher pretend that statistics can create evidence.
A new research team, also without
ineluctable-evidence, is unlikely to replicate the statistical design, let
alone reach the same conclusions. I think people who work on “replication
crisis” rather than accept the weakness of statistics to affect
the-ineluctable-truth ruin their own lives, and we, the people, need not grant
attention or support.
The-ineluctable-truth exists for
humankind to discover and does not respond to logic, reason, or statistics, a
research tool.
quora.com/unanswered/Is-it-better-to-base-culture-and-society-on-human-tribalism-or-on-a-strong-set-of-core-values-i-e-like-American-Exceptionalism-see-Alexis-de-Tocqueville?
by Matthew Kern
Not& not that: Something original to human being.
The French showed the world that
too often liberty is taken as license to shed fellow-citizens’ blood. The
French aided the USA’s war for independence, settled in 1783, after French
dominance at Yorktown, VA, in 1781. The French began their civil-revolution in
1789, the year the first U.S. Congress was seated. Starting in September 1793,
France suffered the 10-months’ Reign of Terror.
Tocqueville expressed an 1835 Western-biased
tourists’ perceptions: “liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and Laissez-Faire
Economics” (ipl.org/essay/American-Exceptionalism-Tocqueville-Summary-PJ2CHP66GZV).
The Civil War proved the U.S. would not accommodate the South’s economic on
North-beneficiaries’ model: domestic slavery& slave-trade.
Exceptionalism is a false view. An
alternate view of U.S. intentions is expressed in the abstract preamble to the
1787 Constitution. It proposes 5 domestic disciplines: integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” develop
responsible-human-independence to “ourselves and our Posterity” including legal
immigrants. Standards are left to Posterity to discover, and religion is
excluded from the public disciplines. In other words, the choice to pursue
religious beliefs is assigned to adult-privacy rather than to We the People of
the United States.
The ratifying states, in 1788,
agreed to amend the Constitution by mimicking the 1769 English Bill of Rights.
The First Congress, in the First Amendment unconstitutionally granted Congress
“freedom of religion”. Voters have accommodated Congressional-Christian tyranny
with variations, like fading civil-Judeo-Christianity, ever since. The Supreme
Court upholds the tyranny at every opportunity it takes.
Christianity bemuses the nation
with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. However, literal attributions to Jesus in Matthew
19:4-5, 19:17, 5:48, 22:21, and John 8:58, 10:34 suggest his allegiance to
Genesis-1, including Genesis 1:28. V 28 suggests that only human-being can
provide order and prosperity to the lesser species and to the earth.
This suggestion came in
cuneiform-recorded legal codes by Sumerian kingships from 12 thousand to 4
thousand years ago. For personal power& wealth, the kings employed
polytheism and slavery. They constrained citizens with eye-for-eye&
life-for-life merciless-statutory-judgement when harm was discovered or
reported. The civilization accomplished outstanding physical advances including
the wheel for transportation& lifting, agriculture, irrigation, and
architecture for cities. Their genes& memes live on in today’s citizens.
Many civilizations since then have
purported to construct political policies that are more merciful. Some
constrain with monotheism while others suggest responsible-human-independence
(RHI).
Members of an RHI culture neither
initiate nor accommodate harm/injury to-or-from any person or association.
Thus, civic-citizens constrain dependents, including the indolent, criminals,
tyrants, and the elites.
History shows that neither a government
nor the-God can constrain the individual who chooses to harm
fellow-citizens. Under the laws of physics& its-progeny, including
psychology, there will always be aberrations in human behavior. Consequently,
the civic-citizen is serene in both 1) avoiding chaos in their way of living
and 2) aiding constraints to dependent fellow-citizens. In other words, the
civic-citizen earns their cost of living plus taxes for the infrastructure to
provide safety& security plus citizens’ awareness and action when
necessary& just.
A better way of living is
achievable if civic-citizens reform Education Departments, in order to
inculcate in the nation’s youth the above principles or better. In stages with
age, each student can develop as a human-being, may perfect their person during
each decade, can acquire the comprehension& intention to live a complete
human lifetime, and may embark on a journey of service to fellow-citizens in
exchange for the prosperity for RHI; earn their keep. The majority of students
will comprehend that RHI is in their self-interest and choose to practice,
facilitate, and encourage civic-integrity.
When 2/3 of citizens
comprehend& intend RHI, it will no longer be possible for one nation to
invade another. These principles are abstractly expressed in 3 documents:
Sumer’s input to Genesis 1, the USA’s 1776 declaration of independence from
England, and the 1787 U.S. Constitution.
We the 2022 “ourselves and our
Posterity” can& may effect a better future. It may start with constraining
the U.S. Congress& the Supreme Court to humble civic-integrity instead of
accommodating their proud civil-religion.
quora.com/What-are-your-short-rules-for-a-better-life?
by Amy Potter
Physics& its-progeny invariably out the lie&
liar: Don’t invite human loss&
misery.
Neither initiate nor accommodate harm/injury to-or-from
anyone; listen to your body& mind.
Constrain chaos in personal ways of living; be reliable in
every human connection& transaction.
Appreciate fellow citizens:
Be cautious when you think they intend or enact error: you may be
mistaken. When under attack, either call-in first responders or engage
self-defense.
Develop, practice, facilitate, and encourage
responsible-human-independence (RHI) for living and happily accept chosen-peace
for afterdeath-mystery.
quora.com/What-are-examples-where-this-quote-held-true-You-cant-change-the-world-only-the-way-you-react-to-it-in-that-way-you-can-change-the-world?
by Mike Massen
The world is a confused, conflicted place, so I don’t think
it’s prudent to react to it.
A person can& may develop civic-integrity and behave
with responsible-human-independence (RHI) rather than abide the world’s
disciplines.
By practicing RHI, a citizen facilitates and encourages
others to consider its self-interest, and they may collectively change the
world.
quora.com/Why-should-we-practice-self-discipline-and-self-control-to-attain-peace-within-the-limits-of-our-freedom?
by Rwncbbsy
There is no justification to these falsehoods. Civil
standards and freedom are imposed by government for government.
We need responsible-human-independence (RHI) so as to always
act in self-interest.
In self-interest, a human-being knows both the applicable
laws of physics and consequences to human-beings, before acting. The
self-interested person neither initiates nor accommodates harm/injury to or
from any person or association.
quora.com/Is-freedom-needed-for-prosperity?
by Janet Gao
Not at all. Freedom is granted by political elites to
themselves in order to pick most citizens’ pockets. Liberty is similarly
licensed by the elites.
What the people can& may
demand of themselves first is responsible-human-independence (RHI). Thereby,
civic-citizens are reliable in every human connection& transaction. They
demand RHI by their elected and appointed officials. They are prosperous because
they work for necessity& justice.
They earn not only the income to pursue
the happiness they perceive but to pay taxes for infrastructure, including
statutory justice for safety& security.
An RHI-society accepts that there
will always be dependent fellow citizens --- the indolent, criminals, tyrants,
the arrogant, and evils. RHI expects neither utopia nor communitarianism.
quora.com/What-is-equanimity-as-a-virtue?
by Christopher Barnes
Merriam-webster online opines equanimity means “evenness of
mind especially under stress”. Virtue means “conformity to a standard”.
Evenness means balanced or fair. Scholars whose opinions I oppose come to mind.
I think these expressions are
excuses for attempting to escape statutory justice when the-ineluctable-evidence
is known. Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.
Aristotle (d. 2344 years ago)
thought the human purpose was reasoning to establish the-good. However, the-good
exists and humankind can& may discover both the-good and how to practice
it.
Augustine (d.1592 years ago)
allowed reason to dominate his influence on Christianity. Rather than accept
Jesus’ political philosophy, Augustine promoted “original sin”, grace,
free-will, and the competitive Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I think the practical
Jesus is sufficient to guide civic living. For example, Jesus said the
authentic man is “united to his wife”, expanding on a question about divorce.
By reason, most men ignore words attributed to Jesus.
The citizen who accepts the
opportunity, power, energy, and authority to discover& practice the-good
enjoys the benefits: responsible-human-independence (RHI). The RHI-culture is
maintained by civic-citizens. They discover physics& its-progeny and how to
apply them for human benefits.
Dependent fellow-citizens rely on
RHI-citizens for the-good. Arrogantly-dependent elites reason that they should
take more. Reason is often a self-serving practice.
If the reader perceives I am
writing about human-dominance-for-the-good that is non-existent, I fully agree.
However, the fact that the-good has never before been society’s intentions does
not mean it cannot happen. I write daily to start the reform.
quora.com/What-should-we-do-for-freedom?
by Sherbaaz Rehmdil
First,
civic-citizens admit to themselves that freedom& liberty are propaganda
that elites have developed to persuade believers that government if not God
will minimize chaos in their lives.
Cosmopolitans
know the Machiavellianism’s and promote favor among themselves. Perhaps most
effective is Chapter XI Machiavellianism, wherein the people maintain exclusive
attitudes. For example: this is Divine nation and religious opponents are
invited to repatriate if they can. The U.S. Congress still claims the U.S. is a
Christian nation, and the Supreme Court affirms the human tyranny.
We
can trace the Divine Nation debate to competitors after Sumer, the oldest
recorded civilization. Their legal codes, written in cuneiform, attest to kings
who employed polytheism to impress on citizens the political philosophy that,
viewed with 2022 perspectives: female& male-human-being can& may
independently provide peace on earth. Sumer-citizens who chose not to aid peace
to benefit the king lost in kind: a hand for a hand, a life for a life.
Subsequent,
competitive civilizations offered freedom from such harsh constraints,
observing that fellow-citizens prefer reasonable-mercy before justice. Some
citizens even wish to accommodate heinous crimes rather than terminate a
habitually evil person.
If
we apply the Sumer political philosophy to self, the suggestion is: The person
who develops civic-integrity can& may independently constrain chaos in
their way of living. In other words, in self-interest, civic-citizens mutually
choose to be reliable in all human connections& transactions. That includes
the development of statutory-justice rather than legislative tradition, in
order to constrain& reform arrogant fellow-citizens, including the
favor-building elites.
This
is naturally developed responsible-human-independence (RHI). The RHI-culture
employs physics& its-progeny, such as economics, to constrain political
power: physics rather than metaphysics; ineluctable-evidence rather than
belief. (Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.)
“Freedom” or “liberty”, being government-bestowed, are forced on the
civic-citizen. Civic-citizens require government officials to demonstrate RHI
or seek other employment.
Responsibility
requires acceptance, and that is the first action that must be taken. Our
Education Departments must be reformed so as to practice, facilitate, and
encourage development of human being during the critical first quarter-century
of each infant’s future. There must be adult education, by the community, to
develop human being during the second and third quarter centuries of service to
the RHI-nation. In the fourth quarter-century the mature person may share
mistakes posterity might choose to avoid and goals they might choose.
For
5,500 years, societies have reviewed the Sumer codes in competition with
subsequent laws and constitutions and perceived they had a better way. The
evidence in 2022, is that chaos has become divergent, perhaps unto humankind’s
annihilation.
Uniquely,
the 1787 U.S. Constitution is an abstract proposal for an RHI culture. Citizens
of the world can read the cuneiform codes from 5,500 years ago then the 1776
USA declaration of independence together with the 1787 Constitution and
perceive a RHI-culture. The society that considers, creates, and executes a
plan of RHI-reform can establish an achievable better future. If the U.S. does
not want it, perhaps another society will choose it.
Freedom
has no standing when responsible-independence is the intention.
quora.com/How-does-being-authentic-pay-off?
by Devin S
Let me answer with an illustration.
An authentic man first knows that every woman he encounters
represents a crowd: during her fertile years her body may create 400 potential
human beings. Second, he would not invite intimacy with that crowd if he is not
committed to them for life. Third, he knows passing intimacy lessens his
authenticity, whether sex is an option or not.
The beneficiaries of the authentic man is all of humankind,
especially, the woman who is vulnerable to passing sexual intimacy.
quora.com/What-made-it-necessary-to-create-a-word-for-a-concept-such-as-freedom-or-liberty?
by John Richardson
I don’t know. It’s a creative question.
The human infant has neither freedom nor liberty but total
dependency. During their first quarter century, they have the opportunity,
power, energy, and authority to acquire humility toward 3 constraints.
First, their independence
is served by comprehending& utilizing the laws of physics and its progeny,
including mathematics, chemistry, biology, psychology, economics, fiction,
indeed everything.
Second, their
safety& security hinges on civic-citizens, those who choose to participate,
facilitate, and encourage responsible-human-independence (RHI) to and from all
fellow-citizens.
Third, the
RHI-culture applies statutory justice when a dependent fellow-citizens causes
harm or injury. Dependencies include sloth, crime, elitism, and evil, and
necessity& justice seek freedom& liberty to all but the habitually evil
fellow-citizen.
Elites’ purposes are not served by admitting that the
civic-citizen is independent due to RHI and promoting that culture. Therefore,
they propagandize freedom they bestow and liberty they license, in order to
pick the people’s pockets with immunity.
It is not too late for the people to establish an
RHI-culture and require the elites to either participate or suffer constraint. The
1787 U.S. Constitution proffers an RHI-culture.
quora.com/What-is-the-opposite-of-certainty-if-it-is-not-uncertainty-What-else-could-it-be-and-why?
by Barbara Young Capalbo
Merriam-webster online seems to take “certain” to modify
opinion and imply no doubt, whereas “truth” seems to mean factual reality,
re-describing the uncertainty: how does one earn an opinion?
After Harold Weingarten, in 2006,
asked what truth is the object of my faith, I responded: the actuality that
does not respond to human evaluation. I continued to search for a compact
expression, and a couple years ago started writing “the-ineluctable-truth”.
Ineluctable means “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”. I think I have a
standard on which to explore an improvement.
I see no reason to ponder
“certainty”. The-ineluctable-evidence is either known or unknown, and if the
latter, we don’t know the-ineluctable-truth. Some people prefer “the
inescapable truth” in order to try to escape the-ineluctable-truth. It doesn’t
work.
I think the “else” it could be is
“We don’t know”. Accepting not knowing, when that is so, can open minds&
hearts to the-ineluctable-truth when it is discovered.
For example, humility to the
possibility that the-God does not comport to a doctrinal-God prepares the mind
and heart to discover& accept the-God.
quora.com/What-is-a-good-reason-to-become-politically-aware?
by Latrell Long Jr.
The human-being can& may develop
responsible-human-independence (RHI) and thereby constrain chaos in their
personal way of living despite a world of confused conflict for power.
As a child of factional Southern
Baptist mom (an Eastern Star) and dad (a 32nd Degree Mason), I
thought their Gods would settle the differences and bring peace to the family
with 3 children.
However, the female v male
submission debate was too strong. Until recently, I blamed Mom, because of her
sneaky political tactics, even though I have a tuft of her hair my siblings
reported Dad pulled out in a rage. However, I blame religion, in particular
Christianity, specifically Baptism, especially Southern Baptism.
For six decades I tried to admire
the practical Jesus I could surmise from Bible reports. However, Christianity
presented too many contradictions I choose not to ignore. For example, in
monotheism, why bemuse doctrinal-construct with 3 characters?
Recently, I developed my
interpretation of Genesis 1:28: female& male-human-being can& may
independently constrain chaos in their way of living. The reported Jesus
supported if not authored Genesis 1. The political suggestion was recorded in
cuneiform (Sumer civilization) perhaps 5,500 years ago, then expressed by
Hebrew scholars 3,000 years ago.
Searching for reports of Jesus
supporting the political suggestion in Genesis 1:28, I read with my new
perspective Matthew 19:5, “. . . a man will leave his father and mother and be
united to his wife.” This advice is not advanced by Christianity, and the
political consequence is a high divorce rate among Christians.
With my view of Genesis 1:28, most
New Testament reports of Jesus’s politics may be perceived as proffering
self-interest for civic-integrity in life.
I think advocates for Jesus are
well served to happily accept salvation of their mysterious soul and
collaborate to comprehend, practice, facilitate, and encourage behavior for
living following Jesus’ reported political philosophy.
If a person does not develop
civic-integrity and encourage fellow-citizens to practice RHI-politics, they
cannot expect to enjoy peace on earth.
quora.com/How-does-a-child-become-legitimate-in-contemporary-society?
by Graham C Lindsay
Happily homo sapiens
entered a rapid-information age: physics& its-progeny rather than
constructed civility guide human desire, practice, facilitation, and
encouragement.
The human infant is so powerful
they cannot survive without care. It takes about a quarter-century of care to
aid a human to acquire the comprehension and intention to live as a human-being
for a complete lifetime.
Another couple of
quarter-centuries of service to fellow-citizens empower the person to mature. A
final quarter-century of sharing lessons learned and hopes for posterity
complete a record of human legitimacy.
Contemporary society has not yet
accepted the importance of family – its sets of genes, memes, and traditions,
in forming a human-being. We are still in the dark age of civility rather than
civicality.
That, of course, is only my
opinion, as I do not know the-ineluctable-truth. Ineluctable means “not to be
avoided, changed, or resisted” and the hyphens beg the reader not to
disassemble the phrase.
quora.com/What-are-the-merits-of-a-constitution?
by Nuelet Bliss
I can only address the U.S. Constitution, so far, the world’s
most promising failure, yet a candidate for establishment by civic-citizens.
U.S. citizens of 2022 can& may effect reform.
Humankind evolved to homo sapiens perhaps 300,000 years ago,
producing the oldest reported civilization, Sumer, flourishing 10,000 years ago
and dispersed 4,000 years ago in the Middle East and beyond. They perceived
that female& male human-being can& may, independent of other powers,
provide order& prosperity to the lesser species and to the earth. I call
this philosophy responsible-human-independence (RHI). For example, they
invented the wheel for transportation and to translate forward donkey-power
into water-lifting for irrigation. They had law codes that accepted the
“can& may” human choice and therefore facilitated& encouraged civic behavior,
with eye for eye justice and potential to lose life. Finally, they could not
compete with civilizations that had access to iron ore. Theirs’s was a
polytheistic culture, and monotheism ushered in competition for a God that
could usurp RHI.
The recent 4,000 years
demonstrates the consequence when homo
sapiens attempts to avoid, change, or resist RHI. Physics& its progeny
deliver predictable chaos, with no expectation for peace on earth. I’m now
speaking of the 2022 appearances. I know of only one proposal to restore the
5,500 year-old Sumerian RHI intentions or better.
Together, the USA’s 1776
declaration of independence from England and the 1787 U.S. Constitution
abstractly express intentions to develop RHI. In 1776, the founders asserted
authority from “Nature’s God” rather than the English Trinity. In 1787, the
signers proffered an amendable balance of national powers under constrained
legislative, administrative, and judicial functions that unify the then 13
states, each managed by their informed& intentional citizens.
The intentions are abstractly
stated in the preamble. My comprehension of existing U.S. intentions follows,
below.
We the People of the United States
practice, facilitate, and encourage 5 domestic disciplines --- integrity,
justice, peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” establish
responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity”. Religion is
left to privacy, and domestic standards are to be discovered by posterity.
However, the 1787 Constitution was
not ratified. The required 9 states agreed to restore colonial-English
tradition, complete with religious-freedom to Congress and imposition of
Protestantism to the unsuspecting people. The first Congress codified
amendments that mimic the 1689 English Bill of Rights in 1791.
Congress continued to develop the
U.S. Code of legislation they pass and the president signs. Additionally,
Congress reduced their responsibilities by creating regulatory bodies that have
separate judicial systems not subject to the Supreme Court unless their change
to the Code of Federal Regulations grossly defies the 1791 Constitution.
In review, the U.S. intentions for
RHI are recorded in the 1787 Constitution, refuted in the 1791 Bill of Rights,
weakened by the U.S. Code, and defeated by the CFR.
The U.S. Constitution has the
merit the citizens provide. We, the 2022 “ourselves and our Posterity” can&
may effect U.S. reform to RHI. We may desire, practice, facilitate, and
encourage civic-integrity rather than civil-religion.
quora.com/What-are-the-consequences-to-the-society-if-we-start-limiting-freedom-of-speech-on-people-like-the-flat-earthers?
by Mike GT
The human-being is too powerful to allow others to prevent
their hobbies. Trying to prevent flat-earthers from plying their arguments is
like trying to shut down more popular interests like classical music, modern
art, or college football.
quora.com/When-is-there-a-purpose-to-taking-absolute-nonsense-Is-there-ever-a-reason-to-resort-to-this-why-or-why-not?
by Barbara Young Capalbo
I don’t think so.
Nonsense cannot be taken lightly.
If it is really so, and you allow it, the perpetrator has
defeated you. Any witnesses have advantage.
If you mistakenly perceive nonsense, factual reality may
crush you.
quora.com/What-type-of-incentive-leads-to-better-innovation-profit-necessity-or-other-reasons?
by Devin S
Necessity& justice.
quora.com/We-knew-that-equality-and-equity-are-two-different-things-do-you-think-this-is-exercised-in-our-community?
by Jill Anne Salvador
No, regardless of how we define “our community”. Implied
communitarianism invoked concern, and I express gratitude in “appreciations”
for today at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.
First, while equity& equality, freedom& liberty, and gender
rights are popular propaganda terms, I focus on RHI. I think each human
being has the opportunity to develop RHI (responsible-human-independence)
within the constraints which physics& its-progeny place on them.
Fortunate is the human-being who
is both born with human-individual opportunity, power, energy, and authority to
develop civic-integrity and chooses to responsibly pursue the happiness they
perceive rather than to submit to the image someone else has for them.
The world can provide this
opportunity to those who want it. The USA can provide this opportunity to those
who want it. My state can provide this opportunity to those who want it. My
church can provide this opportunity to those who want it. None provide, and the
human-being can choose to practice RHI.
Second, I did not invent these concepts even though I work for the
expressions. That is, I offer them hoping fellow-citizens (globally and
locally) will improve them. I site 3 documents that suggest the principles.
First, the political philosophy I
call RHI was abstractly expressed in the law codes and practical inventions of
the oldest recorded civilization, Sumer, situated in today’s Iraq, beginning
about 11,000 years ago. One of their Gods informed them that human-being is
capable& responsible to provide order& prosperity to the lesser species
and to the earth. Their law codes accept that some citizens are unfaithful to
RHI and provide incentives for reform or exit, depending on severity of the
harm they caused.
Without a source of iron ore,
Sumer could not compete with other civilizations, and dispersed about 4,000
years ago, having given humankind the wheel and the RHI-political-philosophy.
Monotheisms dominated political developments, and none of them practiced,
facilitated, or encouraged RHI. Monotheisms inculcate pursuit of higher power,
primarily from the God their priests construct.
Second, the USA’s 1763 developing
acceptance that the “new world” must be independent of other nations started an
examination of the proper place for human-choice –responsibility -- in
religious pursuits. By 1776, the founders claimed authority from “Nature’s God”
rather than from England’s Trinity. Also, having participated in the Seven
Years’ War between France and England over USA colonization, they called on
“the Supreme Judge of the World” for military victory. In 1778, France joined
the USA war for independence.
Third, the U.S. delegates to the
1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia separated private-choice
regarding religion from domestic-discipline to RHI. Only 39 of 55 delegates
signed the amendable 1787 Constitution. Some of the non-signers influenced
restoring colonial-British traditions including factional-American
Protestantism in Congress. (Congress granted themselves freedom of religion in
the 1791 Bill of Rights.)
The U.S. Constitution remains
amendable, and the intentions abstractly expressed in its preamble hold true.
My comprehension of existing U.S. intentions follows, below.
We the People of the United States
practice, facilitate, and encourage 5 domestic disciplines --- integrity,
justice, peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” establish
responsible-human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity”. Religion is
left to privacy, and domestic standards are to be discovered by posterity.
It matters not that the 1787 U.S.
Constitution together with the 1776 Declaration of Independence abstractly
affirm the RHI-politics expressed 5,500 years ago: the philosophy is recorded
in written documents for all civilizations to read. The first community to
adopt RHI; teach it to their youth in stages, say ages 3 to 7, then 8 to 13,
then 14 to 22; support adult RHI-education; and require RHI in elected and
appointed officials can lead the world to peace, a human duty. Believers
can& may pursue both religious privacy and civic-RHI.
quora.com/Democracy-is-a-system-of-governance-where-by-the-ruled-rule-what-does-this-statement-mean?
by Dominic William
This nonsense originated from Englishman John Locke in “Two
Treatises of Government” (1690). In effect, elites present legislation to the
people, and the vote of the majority codifies “consent of the governed”.
The Catch 22 is that the people are “too busy living the
life they think they want” and don’t perceive bad legislation. So they
cooperate with injustice. They are without blame, though, because it is obvious
that if you don’t vote in self-interest, you are voting against yourself.
This is one of the reasons the framers of the 1787 U.S.
Constitution stipulated& provided a republican form of government: the rule
of written law.
Abraham Lincoln expressed immoral politics when he said “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth”. Such government never existed, even though the 1787
U.S. Constitution proffers responsible-human-independence (RHI) to “ourselves
and our Posterity”. It is not too late to establish the 1787 intentions.
Both Republican and Democrat tyrants propagandize “our
democracy”, weakening the U.S. republic. The media assist in the tyranny, and
of course foreign agents both cheer and donate money to increase U.S. tyranny.
quora.com/What-is-the-ultimate-source-of-political-power?
by Dhruval Patel
I think it’s individually the will to survive and
collectively the commitment to save homo sapiens from militant animals.
quora.com/To-what-extent-is-a-relaxed-and-laissez-faire-attitude-a-beneficial-or-a-negative-contribution-to-a-societys-cohesion?
by Graham C Lindsay
Merriam-webster online opines laissez-faire means “a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually
deliberate abstention from direction or interference especially with individual
freedom of choice and action”. Two references influence me to
think this attitude is negative to civic-integrity, which most citizens demand.
First, Agathon’s speech, in Plato’s “Symposium” (2,500 years ago)
implies that a civic-citizen neither initiates nor accommodates harm/injury to
or from any person or association.
Second, a 5,500 year-old political suggestion from Sumer, the
civilization that is credited with both inventing the wheel and the first
law-codes, in my interpretation is: female&male-human-being can& may
independently constrain chaos to lesser species and to the earth. The
suggestion is reported in 3,000 year-old Hebrew-scholarly expressions in
Genesis 1, especially V. 28.
It takes about a quarter century
for an infant to acquire the comprehension& intention to embark on the
journey to mature-human-being. And another couple quarter-centuries living the
experiences& observations that empower perfection of their unique person.
These principles comprise what I
call responsible-human-independence (RHI).
The society that is not
practicing, facilitating, and encouraging RHI, does not promote
civic-integrity. Without integrity, a society develops chaos. It is not too
late to reform.
quora.com/Are-American-citizens-living-in-the-United-States-in-danger-of-losing-the-meaning-of-the-word-freedom?
by Mark Thomas Carr
I think Americans are at the threshold of accepting that
“freedom” is arrogantly bestowed by the elites in political power. Freedom robs
believers of the mature-human condition: responsible-human-independence (RHI).
For example “freedom of religion” is freedom to Congress and
the Supreme Court to impose Protestantism, recently Judeo-Christianity, and
lately Judeo-Catholicism. Most U.S. civic-citizens practice, facilitate, and
encourage civic-integrity rather than civil-religion.
Liberty is licensed by the elites. I propose to change the
name of the statue in New York Harbor to “The Statue of Responsible-Human-Independence”.
quora.com/unanswered/What-is-your-interpretation-about-this-quote-stated-by-Thomas-Jefferson-The-care-of-human-life-and-not-its-destruction-is-the-first-and-only-legitimate-object-of-good-government?
by Tan
I think Jefferson therein claims nobility without substance.
The quote leaves to the imagination “care”, “human-life”, and “good”.
I read, write, speak, and listen, in-order-to develop
expressions that appeal to the experiences& observations of most fellow
citizens. “Civic” means mutual fidelity in connections& transactions.
The civic-citizen neither initiates nor accommodates harm to
or from any person or association. Government officials can& may be
civic-citizens and if not, the people un-elect or fire them.
Law professors
lawliberty.org/teaching-grand-strategy-with-great-books-john-lewis-gaddis-review
I practice, facilitate, and encourage consideration of great
thought and appreciate Brian Smith’s attention to the great books.
I think comprehending the abstract preamble to the U.S.
Constitution is enhanced by considering the first recorded civilization: Sumer,
existing from perhaps 11,000 years ago until its invasion 4,000 years ago.
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.
