Resolve global chaos using 3 principles

 Resolve global chaos from Baton Rouge on 3 principles practices:

1.       Pursue the ineluctable truth.

2.        Accept the humility (power and authority) that is expressed in Genesis 1:26-28’s* message: humankind may and can rule on earth. *either New International Version or Complete Jewish Bible

3.        Mirror Jesus’ civic influence, heard in the voices and seen on the faces of civic** citizens: you can perfect personal practice of Genesis 1:26-28.

*message: humankind may and can rule on earth. *either New International Version or Complete Jewish Bible

*Civic means reliably responsible to the good rather than accommodating the bad in human connections and transactions.

“Ineluctable”

·         Published in 1570s, competing with “inescapable” (Figure 1, below)

·         Published with “truth” in 1906 (Figure 2)

o   Usage on the rise and needs our boost

·         Civic people may and can deny judges power and authority to change ineluctable evidence.

 

Genesis 1

·         Mesopotamian (Sumer) polytheistic political philosophy -- originated law codes

·         Semitic-speaking faction transitioned to competitive monotheism and no human sacrifice

o   Developed blood sacrifices with animals and birds

·         A faction, Israel, added Moses’ law and sacrificial systems including blood, animals, birds, incense, grains, and oils. (I don’t know about modern Israel’s sacrifice systems if any.)

o   Invasions and other events divided the 12 tribes.

o   Factions predicted an anointed one would unite the tribes.

o   Jesus understood Moses’ law and lessened some flaws.

o   A Hebrew faction deemed Jesus, the anointed one, improved Moses’ law.

o   A faction opposed circumcision to affirm commitment to the good (thegod and the law).

o   Some messianic Hebrews proposed to open the system to willing gentiles.

·         A gentile faction proposed salvation of souls more than persons, and imposed on Yeshua the title “Christ”. Descendants replaced human sacrifice to idols with personal sacrifice to Christ.

·         Roman emperor Constantine saw political power by imposing the Christ movement.

·         The world is now divided 31% Christian, 0.2% Jewish, and 25% Muslim; its people are held hostage by the 56% competitive monotheistic institutions that originated in Mesopotamia.

·         The Bible is interpreted in languages covering 90% of the world’s inhabitants.

 

Jesus’ civic influence

·         Appreciate Mary and Joseph finding their 12-year-old son talking with rabbis:  “And Yeshua grew both in wisdom and in stature, gaining favor both with other people and with God” (Luke 2:52, CJB). That’s “ye shoo a” -- short e, accented oo almost u, and short a, Joshua in English.

·         I want to honor but don’t know his family name, so raise the question then settle for “Jesus”.

·         However, I will not impose the title “Christ”, which is arrogant toward most Hebrews’ hopes.

·         I perceive no problem with civic people thinking theirgod chose them, even though I think theirgod may be humble to thegod. If thegod is actually real, “may” changes to “ought-to”.

·         Similar appreciation can be mutual with Muslims, who also look to Jesus for aid to the good.

·         Thus, 56% of competitive monotheism may and can, together, offer relief to the world’s 44% other fellow citizens, most of whom are civic citizens rather than dissidents, rebels, or villains.

 

Actions

·         I write on 3 blogs that are read worldwide. There’s current heavy interest in Hong Kong and Singapore, less in US and Israel, some in 7 other countries. The media suppress my blogs.

·         Letters to congresspersons, the Speaker, and state representatives

·         Answer questions on Quara.com; comment on The Epoch Times, LibertyLaw, and FaceBook.

·         I participate in University Baptist Church as a friend, stating I am neither Baptist nor Christian, rather am an advocate for Yeshua’s civic influence, voiced as Jesus’ civic influence.

·         The Louisiana Education non-profit corporation I founded, A Civic People of the United States, stopped when COVID interrupted library meetings. Work since then is applicable.

·         My greatest opportunity to learn is in conversation with civic strangers. Not being in their church or political party, they talk freely on topics I cautiously open.

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