Jon, Reality is Quality(Dynamic Quality(unpatterned experience)/static quality(patterned experience(inorganic,biological,social&intellectual patterns)))
So what do you have in mind for Truth with a capital T? Or are you talking about politics with a small t? Marsha On Apr 17, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Jon Bennett wrote: > Hi MarshaV, > > I am interested in Truth with a capital T, as Francis Shcaeffer would say. > Much to be said on this, but for starters, its not truth as I or as you or > as anybody wishes it. It's Truth that IS regardless of what you think about > it, or if you even understand or perceive it. > > The first thing that strikes me about our current crisis of truth, is that > we should even ask what it means. Would you ask what a lie means, what > deceit, falsehood, or error means. But we are in such a crisis and that is > what P's books address. > > Political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, the > understanding of human rights and the laws that protect these did not arise > out of a vacuum, out of a nothingness. They arose out of a very specific > understanding of Truth, with a capital T. And the elimination, the denial of > those freedoms and rights, arise out of a specific "understanding" , truly a > misunderstanding of truth, as well. > > Even the understanding of an individual, whether an individual human being, > or individual human rights, or individual laws that protect and preserve > them, or the idea of an individual thing or entity, are based in > philosophical and ultimately theological assumptions. > > The very reason I am free to write and you are free to read these words, is > based on just such philosophical and theological assumptions that were > extended to moral, legal, and political institutions. > > And where different assumptions prevail we would not be able to speak so > freely. All cultures, religions, and philosophies do not lead to the same > understanding and protections of human rights and individual liberties. > > That is why we should seek a genuine, a True understanding of history and > the ideas behind it. And why we should work out our paradigms with "fear and > trembling". > > Thanks, > Jon > > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:43 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hello Jon, >> >> On Apr 16, 2010, at 11:57 PM, Jon Bennett wrote: >> >>> But beyond this-what makes something good anyway? What makes something >> just. >>> You must start by telling me your epistemology. You must have a valid way >> of >>> knowing truth, or you are playing a wishing game. >> >> What type of truth are you wishing for? >> >> >>> >>> And without such a reliable foundation, someone will impose their truth >> on >>> you, and take away your liberty. >> >> And in the light of truth as you wish it, how is this statement true? >> >> >> >> >> Marsha >> Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
