Failure to accept discovery of physics and psychology suppresses Yeshua’s civic influence to necessary goodness

The excellence of what Patrick Keeney wrote in “The War on Words: Why Clarity in Public Discourse Is a Moral Imperative”, accommodates focus on what he did not write:  Humankind is at the abyss, because women with men, so far, have not accepted The God, whatever it is, and taken charge to order life on earth to necessary goodness. See https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-war-on-words-why-clarity-in-public-discourse-is-a-moral-imperative-5829402 .

I think failure to accept discovery of physics and psychology suppresses Yeshua’s civic influence to necessary goodness. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshua .

People may and can discover necessary goodness without Yeshua's influence.

Chief points I noticed, modified, and expanded beyond Keeney’s article:

1.       Civilization is not to be undefended, inefficient, or corrupt.

a.       Citizens collaborate for arms, economy, and integrity.

b.       Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and statesman, urged personal discipline as civic duty.

                                                               i.      Discipline words, thoughts, and actions

c.       Confucius’ first desire was to correct the language.

2.       Chaos develops when

a.       Words lack meaning

b.       Contention prevails

c.       Reporters exacerbate competition

d.       Listeners become confused

3.       Bernard Williams’ book, “Truth and Truthfulness”

a.       Sincerity and accuracy empower responsible reliability

b.       Otherwise, collaboration falls to competition.

c.       Donald Trump’s metaphors are employed to promote reactionary crisis.

d.       Judges, clergy, politicians, and teachers suppress “ineluctable” -- the combination unavoidable, unchangeable, and irresistible.

4.       Isaiah Berlin, liberal pluralist

a.       Monists crave certainty

b.       Imagine means to ends.

c.       Posturing prevents enlightenment.

5.       Culture wars

a.       Sacrifice ambiguity, doubt, and uncertainty

b.       Promote faith over evidence

c.       Political crisis

d.       Liberal democracy

                                                               i.      Debate with reasoned judgement

                                                             ii.      Listen, consider, weigh, and choose

                                                           iii.      Word accuracy, precision, and depth

                                                           iv.      Necessary goodness, aware that the other person is pursuing integrity

e.       Public integrity empowers

                                                               i.      Social health

                                                             ii.      Pursuit of necessary goodness

                                                           iii.      Development of perfect understanding

                                                           iv.      Reliable humankind becomes possible

                                                             v.      Humility to The God is possible

f.        Keeney overlooked political and religious philosopher Yeshua the Nazarene.

6.       An alternative: physics rather than theism

a.       Humankind conducts research to understand both physical and psychological mysteries

b.       Polytheism lessens with understanding

c.       Doctrine diabolically amends so as to preserve itself

d.       It seems something constrains the consequences of human choice

                                                               i.      A Creator God was proposed

                                                             ii.      Perhaps necessary goodness always existed

e.       Sumer civilization developed civil codes 5500 years ago

                                                               i.      Priestly institutions maintained the gods and their temples

                                                             ii.      Princes maintained armies and municipal efficiency.

                                                           iii.      Princes often partnered with priests to oppress believers.

1.       Women with men survived.

                                                           iv.      Hammurabi conquered Sumer and improved Sumerian law code.

f.        Semitic-speaking peoples left Sumer to avoid ceremonial human sacrifice

                                                               i.      They developed their God, Elohim, with blood sacrifice from animal and fowl.

                                                             ii.      Elohim promised success to a progression of patriarchies, predicated on the social obedience.

1.       There were promises to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

2.       Obedience never permeated society

g.       Under Jacob,

                                                               i.      Joshua led Israel into Canaan

                                                             ii.      Israel’s sons Joseph and Judah divided 12 tribes north and south of Samaria.

                                                           iii.      The land was also inhabited by other peoples

1.       Zoroaster advocated a trinity: creator with 2 spirits, good vs bad.

2.       Jews fought each other, Arabs, Persians, and others.

                                                           iv.      Ezekiel prophesied an anointed David descendant would redeem Israel.

                                                             v.      When Yeshua’s civic influence to goodness emerged, factions competitively projected his life onto ancient prophecies and controversies.

1.       His brother James was a messianic Jew

2.       His follower, Simon Peter was confused.

3.       Saul or Paul changed the topic from sinless living to mercy in afterdeath.

4.       Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and others opined on Paul’s letters.

5.       The writer of Hebrews, perhaps Saul, changed the patriarchal promises to willed mercy: The Trinity would self-incarnate for blood sacrifice.

h.       Christianity: a divided divide to humankind

                                                               i.      Competing with over 4,000 religions

                                                             ii.      About 45,000 Christian sects.

                                                           iii.      Repressing Yeshua’s civic influence, such as:

1.       Matthew 5:48, evaluate conduct (yours, others) by considering The God.

2.       John 10:34, persons are gods

a.       Psalm 82, unlike The God, persons will die.

3.       Matthew 18:15-17, collaborate to resolve personal conflict, and on failure, note the event.

a.       Matthew 18:18, The God will not correct conflict resolution.

4.       Mark 12:17, in civic duty, aid civil authorities

7.       Humankind cannot persuade The God to order life on earth.

a.       Each person may and can constrain chaos in their way of living.

b.       Citizens may and can collaborate to discover and pursue necessary goodness.

List of juxtapositions, positive vs negative:

1.       Understanding vs confusion or contention or conformity

2.       Civic integrity vs civil obedience

3.       Civic trust vs partisan division

4.       Meaning vs power-manipulation

5.       News vs narrative

6.       Journalism vs manipulation

7.       Understanding vs persuasion; slogans, euphemisms, and distortions

8.       Reliability vs freedom

9.       Collaboration vs liberty

10.   Justice vs democracy or pluralism

11.   Truth vs tradition or ideology or faith

12.   Clarity vs political expedience

13.   Thoughtful engagement vs moral panic

14.   Reflection vs rage

15.   Goodness vs soulfulness

16.   Necessary goodness vs monist certainty

17.   Enlightened opinion vs moral posturing

18.   Intellectual seriousness vs moral deficiency; ambiguity, doubt, and uncertainty

19.   Skepticism and curiosity vs unfaithfulness or heresy

20.   Time vs truth

21.   Ineluctable evidence vs rational mystery

22.   Necessary goodness vs sacrifice

23.   Yeshua authentic to either Jesus or Christ

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