On Aug 27, 2008, at 6:03 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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> Re: 'greater power'...
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> There are plenty of belief systems which "describe the role of human
> life as a part of a balanced cosmic system". Trouble is, competing
> schools of adherents never agree on the particulars and eventually get
> to smashing each other on the head with chairs, hammers, surface to
> surface missiles and microwave disrupters. Deadly! And dull.
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That's why I used "logical" as a qualifier. [...defining 'a greater power' that is logical and naturally 'green' .]
And logic is why I expressed my interest here, in a forum where logic and rhetoric are primary considerations.
It seems that everyone here recognizes in some sense that there are a wide range of humans who need a mechanism to bind them together and help them understand their existence. A belief system. How could it hurt as an intellectual exercise to describe a logical extension of our known universe into a 'greater power'.
Like you say - there are plenty of belief systems out there. That they serve some purpose is self-evident. But they also are subject to the 'chairs and hammers'. What would a 'greater power' have to look like to be at least acceptable to Dwayne ?
The only thing that I can work out lies in a metaphor of 'greater power' as the logical extension of the sequential progressions of energy bundles bound together in orbiting shells. And I can see how a story of 'nine circles' might attempt to encompass this metaphor.
> Better, I think, to focus our 'green' musings on de-carbonization's
> social and technical requirements and leave the cosmic re-alignment
> quest for weekends lubricated with Belgian ale.
What I remember of ale is ballantine 3ring in a green longneck. I thought that it tasted a little like over mature carrots. Fortunately, my memory of lubrication is fresh enough to keep me safe. Tell me more about belgian ale - is it imported or locally produced by craft brewers in your area ?
martin