Okay on the devil thing,, well I do not buy the stories either,, I see evil more as a spiritual separation the the creator.. but I really don't think is some thing a person wants to experience in the future..
I think that is what has been lost as is the sense of community.. Years ago I meet three people who left me thinking.. about why the jews were attacked leading into WW2 It seems like they always were separating themselves from the rest of the society or community ,, not unlike the islamist and the jewish community today.. another group that does this is the extreme wealthy separating themselves and not being part of the community asyou put it draining the resources but when you look at it that is essentially the definition of the devil you gave Allan On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:14 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I meant - on the chemistry - that there are ways expertise can be used > for communal benefit - much as someone else could do the cooking or > carpentry - but the leadership stuff always seems to lead to more > leadership for leadership's sake draining resources from the community > to perpetuate leadership. > > On Nov 4, 10:07 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > My family haven't been Jewish for ual understandinga few generations > > Allan - but the Devil in 'our' stories is more like a doubting Thomas > > kind of asking things be thought through by raising unfortunate > > possible outcomes. I must say on war that watching male troops of > > chimps going off to their equivalents is all-too-familiar. > > > > It has struck me that this kind of philosophy pushes me towards more > > sociological explanation that includes what we know of ourselves now > > through a range of science, self-observation and anthropology in > > attempts at mutual understanding and an upgrading of the lay view that > > doesn't condescend to that or patronise it. > > > > On Nov 4, 6:49 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can think of easier and safer ways for a non chemist like me to > create a > > > "bang" other than nito unless we are talking about > > > the pharmacological variety.. > > > > > It seems to me that Wars seem to be created by either "ego" or greed > but > > > they are sustained by greed. > > > Allan > > > > > -- > > > ( > > > ) > > > |_D Allan > > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
