This thread of posts is really bizarre and borders on some sort of Twilight Zone form of madness.
LC On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 3:49:26 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Besides being an idiot, what would you guys a person who is a > pragmatist, a militant one, a utilitarian like Jeremy Bentham and John > Stuart Mill, and see's engineering (science & technology) as a first go to, > in solution of a problem? I consider myself to be this kind of creature, > simply because I believe it to yield actual solutions to actual problems. I > am less and less troubled by somebody being a racist the older I get, even > though my blood relatives went up adolf's chimneys. I am more persuaded by > the question is, can he or she look past our own bigotry and hatreds, to > come to a deal that would alleviate the big problems of today? > > Yeah, I know I don't matter as an individual, but applying utilitarianism > seems to produce the best outcomes (medical phrase). So, can we say, for > example, that we spend cash on R&D for covid, not because we love each > other, but because we can make life (for ourselves and kin) better? Can we, > if it is decided as accurate, go big for solar and batteries, if this > lightens the climate load and produces abundant electricity?? That kind of > thing. My fix for abortion is embryo-fetus transfer since it nows seems > workable. This would bypass literally anti-abortionists and pro-abortion > thinking. A womb with a view. > > > https://leapsmag.com/artificial-wombs-are-getting-closer-to-reality-for-premature-babies/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Benjamin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2020 10:11 am > Subject: FW: [consciousness-online] FW: Awakened (Augustinian) Vs > Un-Awakened (pagan, Kundalini) Consciousnesses > > > > *From:* Philip Benjamin > *Sent:* Saturday, November 21, 2020 9:09 AM > *Subject:* FW: [consciousness-online] FW: Awakened (Augustinian) Vs > Un-Awakened (pagan, Kundalini) Consciousnesses > > Philip Benjamin Saturday, November 21, 2020 9:01 AM > [email protected]; [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [consciousness-online] FW: Awakened (Augustinian) Vs > Un-Awakened (pagan, Kundalini) Consciousnesses > . > [*S**erge Patlavskiy*] Unlike you, I am not a racist and do not divide > people into whites, blacks, or purples. I divide people into those who are > able to think rationally and for those who aren't. Persuasion to endorse > the results of elections by brute force and by threatening the family > members has nothing to do with democracy. > . > Kindly, > Serge > [*Philip Benjamin*] > There are obviously “rational” persons, never needing obscenities or > peremptory ad hominems (provoked ones are sometimes excusable) which is > very much unlike the patented behavior of WAMP-the-Ingrate -- Western > Acade-Media Pagan(ism). There are only two kinds of PERSONS. They are not > Liberal/Progressive or Conservative/Traditionalists. Rather they have > Awakened (Augustinian) Transformed consciousness or they have Un-awakened, > kundalini/reptilian consciousness. One category is pagan and the other > non-pagan. Augustine was once a profligate Phoenician pagan (of Greco-Roman > roots). According to his CONFESSIONS (autobiography) he was transformed > (“accidentally”) by the Scriptures through the Spirit [of Adonai (plural) > YHWH (singular) Elohim (uni-plural)] into a non-pagan. That helped him to > baptize metaphorical Platonism into Scriptural norms and thus pull the West > away from Greco-Roman paganism. He thus became the chief architect (and > still remains so) of a civilization that pursued REALITIES, not > metaphysical metaphors, which eventually created an atmosphere conducive to > modern science and technology, not vice versa. WAMP-the-Ingrate is the > beneficiary of that. > While there are no (and cannot be) cultural pagans (only REAL > pagans), there are cultural non-pagans who for all practical purposes are > Augustinian in their thought forms and behavioral patterns, but not > NECESSARILY transformed in the Augustinian sense. The clash today in the > Augustinian West in general and the Puritan America in particular is > between paganism and non-paganism (real and cultural), not Liberals vs > Conservative nor Progressive Vs Traditionalists (which are only > manifestations or reflections of paganism and non-paganism. > *Presuppositional Evidentialist* > *Philip Benjamin * > __,_._,___ > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/SA0PR11MB4704B907573F045F25F5BFC1A8FE0%40SA0PR11MB4704.namprd11.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/SA0PR11MB4704B907573F045F25F5BFC1A8FE0%40SA0PR11MB4704.namprd11.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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