Hi Kevin, On Nov 18, 2011, at 3:51 AM, Kevin Kervick wrote: > I agree. A Christian Pastor once said to me - If I'm in control of > everything where does that leave God? This Pastor was speaking to me about > her work with a person she knew who was a control freak/eating disordered > perfectionist who had reached her bottom. Even though I don't believe in an > intervening God, this comment struck me as wise. It lead me to my beliefs > about having faith in the universe to sort itself out. A premise in my book > is that we have seen an acceleration of our misguided attempts to manage the > universe in the last one hundred years and it has brought us to disaster.
I agree. The question is whether: a) We should give up and embrace disaster b) We should create "guided attempts" -- in all humility -- that attempt to mitigate or even prevent that disaster. Your premise appears to be *all* attempts below a very rudimentary level are *necessarily* misguided, and will *inevitably* end in disaster. And actually, as a Christian theist, I agree with you, for reasons going back to the Tower of Babel. All human efforts inevitably end up in disaster, one way or the other, given long-enough time frames. However, I believe that well-designed attempts can create a worthy "bubble" of positive outcomes, like the U.S. Constitution (and NOT the Articles of Confederation) has done for over 200 years. And I believe those "bubbles" are worth our best effort, even if they will ultimately fail. Because to not try at all is to simply concede that we should live like aborigines. Perhaps that is where we differ. -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
