Vision for an achievable, better, United States

Pursue Human Being While Responsibly Accepting the-Mysteries (Accept the mystery of the God in order to pursue Yeshua’s civic influence in each generation)

I think vision for an achievable, better, United States is emerging, surprisingly, thanks to the reactionary “woke” movement. Wokeism seems Internet-powered, misguided-reaction to traditional-tyranny.[1] For example, since 1789, civic-citizens allowed Congress to cleverly avoid, change, escape, neglect, and resist the U.S. intentions proffered in the 1787 U.S. Constitution. The better-future can& may emerge from a public combination: open-mind& appreciative-heart toward whatever constrains the consequences of human being (verb). [2] Many political philosophies attribute the-constraints to the-mysterious-God.[3] Nevertheless, each human-being can& may constrain chaos in their choices for living. When most persons choose human being (the practice), humankind can& may discover& pursue the-good.

 

Key human-accommodations include: appreciating& following the-constraints, in-order-to share the-civic-good[4]; continually pursuing the-ineluctable-truth[5] rather than preserving rationalizations; developing civic-integrity[6] through accepting human being; and nurturing their-unique-maturity[7] rather than preserving traditional-tyranny over children. Each human-being can& may constrain chaos in his/her way of living. Approaching age 81, I perceive that the-civic-Yeshua has guided my life and assert I could be wrong (recall Endnote 4).

 

A possible civic-culture includes: an expanded Bible canon that benefits from human being during the earliest recorded civilizations on earth, such as, Sumer, Indus River Valley Civilization, and Confucianism[8]; church[9] independent from self-promoting religions; appreciating the-civic-good; and gratitude to every person who pursues& practices civic-integrity, whether they claim Yeshua’s guidance or not. Civic-integrity is essential to comprehensive-safety& security,[10] and no person can or may either effect or constrain Yeshua’ influence on an individual’s choices& actions. Some people study Yeshua for guidance in self-interested responsible-behavior more than for the mysteries.

 

The above concepts are grounded in interpretation of Sumerian political philosophy, expressed in Semitic vernacular in Genesis 1:26-28, NIV. The word “may” in that NIV passage infers the-security-principle: only humankind can pursue comprehensive-safety& security to life on earth. Humans divide on awareness and appreciation of Genesis-1:26-28 political philosophy.[11] The civic-citizens pursue statutory-justice by which to facilitate& encourage reform to fellow-citizens who neither perceive nor accept the Genesis-1:26-28-can& may-principle.[12] Did any scholar suggest the-security-principle to all nations? If so, why does the suggestion fail, so far?

 

I suspect this principle can be discovered in ancient literature from other parts of the world. There’s no evidence that civic-integrity was pursued only in Sumerian culture. Nor is there proof that the Sumerians are the-mysterious-God’s chosen people,[13] even though their inventions, such as the wheel, writing, and law codes, impact their descendants and affected other cultures. Humankind benefited from Sumer-inventions. I regret ignorance about Sumer and other ancient civilizations.

 

Expected consequences of pursuing these principles: many churches both accept the-mysterious-God (unknown as it is) and advocate pursuit of the-civic-Yeshua as separation of church and state[14]; civic-citizens flourish; human-acceptance begins to influence the community, city, county, and state, respectively; other states create their variations; an improved civic-process emerges; the U.S. reforms[15] to civic-integrity, attributing U.S. improvement to Yeshua’ example, as a matter of reference[16] rather than of divine obligation.

 

Accomplishment time frame: 10 years. We are 60 years from the civil rights movement, itself a divisive Christian struggle to appreciate 12% of the population. Episcopalian Bishop Curry cited a survey that suggests 84%[17] of a diverse public is interested in Yeshua. Perhaps the-civic-Yeshua can accomplish what neither flood, fire, nor love[18] did in 2000 years, despite 5,500 years under can& may suggestion.[19] The world is hungry for an achievable better future. A church (recall Endnote 8) with U.S. civic-integrity can initiate the journey: sharing the-civic-Yeshua while accepting the-mysterious-God as discoverable.

 

PRB, 12/28/22, updated 4/2/24

 

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[1] So far, Education Departments throughout history have concentrated on training “the workers we need” rather than aiding individuals in the quarter-century transition from feral infant to young person with the comprehension& intention to live a complete human lifetime. Consequently, tyrants in all nations are able to manipulate most people to work for the tyrant’s happiness rather than for the worker’s own. The Internet has empower human-being to pursue the happiness they want, and recognition of responsibility to self-interest has not yet become evident.

[2] Human being is a practice and a condition. For the noun, I use a hyphen: human-being. The human-being accepts the laws of physics and chooses the-good rather than tolerates the bad.

[3] God as the-God is, rather than as rationally constructed, in order to impose opinion on the-God. For all we know, the-God controls the consequences of human choices& actions. It seems that the-laws-of-physics, or simply physics, controlling biology, psychology, and everything, constrains human choices& actions. Perhaps some person or an institution has rationalized the-God. But the rest of humankind doubts Gods-of-reason and benefits from the discovering physics while accepting the mystery.

[4] The-civic-good is experienced& observed by every generation. Ancient civilizations shared awareness that is avoided in modern governments, including the civic-advice that is offered in reports of the life of Yeshua. The Catholic Canon depicts Christ as Israel’s Messiah, not necessarily lessening of Israel’s role as chosen people. Anti-Semitic rationalization developed decades after Yeshua died. Nevertheless, Yeshua volunteered civic-advice. For example, when asked about divorce, he recommended spousal-integrity (Matthew 19:3-8, NIV). Since we have no video, audio, or writing by Yeshua, his civic examples can only be discovered& nourished after he died. Nevertheless, the Bible’s mysteries can be construed to assert that Yeshua is the-God. However, I feel guided by the-civic-Yeshua and am glad I can articulate that perception.

[5] Ineluctable means collectively “not to be avoided, changed, or resisted”.

[6] “Civic” means reliable responsibility in human connections& transactions more than collaboration with civil authority, both political and spiritual

[7] Each human-being is born with their unique, unknown-potential. They can& may acquire the comprehension& intention to discover& achieve their best self. Rare is the person who accepts& pursues their unique opportunity. This is so, because no Education Department intends to aid youth to discover human being rather than “train the workers we need”. When most persons are pursuing their-unique-maturity, humankind progresses and may approach perfection.

[8] While homo sapiens is about 300,000 years old, recorded cultural-evolution is only 10,000 years old, and humankind has advanced exponentially. The Bible writing began only 3,000 years ago, and covers development of a dispute about Messiah versus “Christ”, a word and theory that developed long after Yeshua died. It seems Yeshua commented on literature more than 3,000 years old. Also, humankind – NASA -- plans to colonize either the moon or Mars in ten years. Bible canon have bemused humankind for the recent 1,700 years, concerning a 1,300 years older slice of Western human-history. It seems pastime to de-fossilize the Bible.

[9] Association of voluntarily-collaborative citizens.

[10] By “comprehensive” I mean everything required for each human-being to responsibly pursue the happiness they perceive rather than submit to someone else’s vision for them.

[11] Choosing to comprehend, practice, facilitate, and encourage the Genesis-1 political philosophy I call responsible human independence (RHI).

[12] I often refer to this principle as responsible-human-independence (RHI).

[13] Catholic doctrine (1700 years old) that Israel (2800 years old) is God’s chosen people, to eventually accept Christ as their Messiah, conflict Yeshua’s influence and embarrassingly neglects Sumer (5500 years old). See The Corporate Conversion of Israel. Semitism and anti-Semitism are relatively recent conflicts that need not dominate human being.

[14] In this sense, “separation of church and state” infers that the individual accept soul salvation as the-God is and practices human being for their benefits in living.

[15] The 1787 U.S. Constitution accommodates the Genesis-1:26-28-civic-integrity principle. However, the 1791 Bill of Rights imposed a negative: freedom of religion to Congress despite the people. This tyranny can be reversed by amendment of the First Amendment. I suggest amending the religious practice clause to “promoting” instead of “preventing”, in order to clarify that no religious doctrine can or may conflict with statutory justice. 

[16] I benefit from deeply considering statements attributed to Yeshua. For example, the Golden Rule, in all historical versions can& may conform to Genesis 1:26-28: RHI citizens independently pursue order& prosperity, preserving each other’s privacy. Also, they cooperatively constrain dependent fellow-citizens. The mutually apply Yeshua’s process for forgiveness in Matthew 18:15-20, CJB.

[17] (1) The #GC80 Show - Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry - YouTube

[18] Love fails, because it is too diverse and often justifiably unwanted. Appreciation is the consequence of applying Yeshua’s process for forgiveness (Matthew 18:15-20) and never fails.

[19] “Can& may” negates the “free-will” mystery: each person can& may pursue human being.