Welfare state or free enterprise

Vindawg’s assessment of current American political situation (Dec2019):

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I- There are 2 main opposite ideas of what’s good for Americans:

A- Welfare-state where gov’t takes care of people & everything, &

B- Free-enterprise where gov’t is kept to minimum allowing people freedom to take care of themselves & everything.

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These 2 systems have been  at odds for a long time

like Hatfields & McCoys,

like Montagues & Capulets,

like Yankees & Rebs. 

Supporters of each system believe their system to be best for Americans.

There is a lot of armchair philosophizing going on, where everyone w/o experience thinks that “freedom-of-speech” means they should FORCE their opinions on others, & shout-down anyone who has even slightly different opinion.

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This conflict could easily be solved if everyone offering their opinions & votes

was thoroughly

educated,

  experienced, &

    $ucce$$ful in:

History,

  Economics,

    Finance, 

      Business, &

        Climate.

Who would hire a plumber to do their open-heart surgery, no matter how good-looking &

well-spoken they may be?

Yet so many hire by vote someone who is good-looking & well-spoken, but otherwise untrained & inexperienced in d positions in which they’re offering their public service.

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To be continued.

Wrong synonyms for Atheism

Atheism, etc.;

Vinnieosophy pontification 1•Oct•2019:

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Are these words synonyms:

”Pets,

Animals,

Vertebrates,

Mammals, &

Rabbits”?

No?

Well neither are these:

1-Deism,

2-Atheism,

3-Agnosticism,

4-Humanism,

5-Free-Thought,

6-NonTheism,

7-Secularism,

8-Skepticism, nor

9-Cynicism.

Sadly,

uninformed people are

more & more frequently using them as synonyms, and even more sadly, dictionaries are beginning to reflect that miss-use & confusion.

Upon extensive word-study, one can see that these are not really synonyms for each other.

1-

Deism:

some divinity may have jumpstarted things (Intelligent-Design-Big-Bang theory) but has since moved on and is not currently involved.

2-

Atheism:

Anti-theism:

BELIEF-system (religion) that there definitely is no such thing as divinity, (which, BTW, is just as scientifically unprovable as theism; not being able to prove existence of something, does not prove its nonexistence;

e.g., City-of-Troy was just a myth & “nonexistent” until discovered & excavated in 1800s).

3-

Agnosticism:

Anti-gnosis:

Anti-knowing:

since neither Atheism nor theism can be scientifically proven,

it therefore cannot be known.

4-

Humanism:

focus ought to be on human self-reliance (regardless of any other beliefs).

For example, this also could be considered a humanist idea:

“god helps those who help themselves”.

5-

Free-Thought:

free to think, explore, & debate in ALL directions (not only Atheist direction).

6-

NonTheism:

non-issue; since neither Atheism nor theism can be scientifically proven,

it therefore ought be tabled as a non-issue.

7-

Secularism:

separation of

church & state,

religion & government,

mosque & state.

8-

Skepticism: 

doubt as to truth of something, but open to be convinced w/evidence.

9-

Cynicism:

pessimistic inclination to question whether something is worthwhile; not open to be convinced w/evidence.

Adam & Eve

Like it, love it, or hate it, DNA science shows that all humans started out in SAME socioeconomic class, from SAME Mitochondrial-Eve (most recent woman from whom all living humans descend), & SAME Y-chromosomal-Adam (most recent man from whom all living humans descend). So why demonize or ridicule each other because some developed this, that, or other culture, lifestyle, industry, socioeconomic-class, agronomy, economic-theory, or belief-system?!?

Why is Christianity biggest?

Why is Christianity biggest?

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2 main reasons why Christianity is biggest religion:

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A- Christianity is 1 of 3 religions which killed d’most dissenters (other 2 being Islamism & Marxism/Atheism).

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B- Christianity braided into 1 braid 3 major concepts of what different peoples conceived god to be, & called it “MONOtheism”:

1- god is extraTerrestrial, interDimensional being/s reaching downward to help humanity

(i.e. “god-d’father”);

2- god is an

incarnate-divine-avatar,

apotheosist,

ascended-master

elevating humanity upward toward god

(i.e. “god-d’son”);

3- god is en energy, spirit, or force facilitating those 2 processes above

(i.e. “god-d’holy-ghost/spirit”).

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Of course, major opponents of 3 gods braided into 1, were & are Jews, Muslims, & Unitarians, so “obviously” those had to be fought against for centuries. 

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Hindus weren’t as big a challenge to Christianity because they were already mono-trinitarian-henotheists with mono-divinity Brahman, expressing as trinity of Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva, further expressing thru multitude of demigods & avatars (which Christians call angels & saints).

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Buddhists also weren’t a serious challenge being mostly humanist non-theists who basically think of “gods” as metaphors or personified representations of concepts.

Georgia Guide Stones

Translations of

4 ancient languages

on Georgia-Guide-Stones written in:

Babylonian-cuneiform, 

Classical-Greek, 

Sanskrit, & 

Ancient-Egyptian-hieroglyphs:

“Let these be guidestones to an Age of Reason”.

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Then below are 10 suggestions written in these 8 languages:

English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, [no Fr]

Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew.

1 word in CAPITAL-letters is my emphasis. Words inside [brackets] are my modifications.

1. Maintain humanity [@ZPG=Zero-Population-Growth] under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance   w/nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely, improving fitness & diversity.
3. Unite humanity with [English] a living new language.
4. Rule passion, faith, tradition, & all things w/tempered-reason.
5. Protect people & nations with fair-laws &        just-courts.
6. Let all nations rule INTERNALLY [INDEPENDENTLY]   resolving external disputes in a world court [@Hague, NLD].
7. Avoid petty-laws & useless-officials.             [Less-government.]
8. Balance personal-rights w/social-duties.       [More-responsibility.]
9. Prize truth, beauty, love, seeking harmony w/infinite. [“Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of-good-report, if there be any virtue & praise, think on these things.” —Phil 4:8]
10. Be not a cancer on earth [useless-eater, moron, misfit, maladjusted, defective, delinquent, or dependent]. Leave room for nature.

VMC (MIQOLFA)

Measurably-Improving-Quality-Of-Life-For-All

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To be clear;

I am not making any claims of being:

Buddhist Maitreya,

CargoCults’ JohnFrum,

Christian AnointedOne,

Hindu Kalki, 

Jewish Mashiach,

Muslim Mahdi,

NewAge WorldTeacher,

Portuguese Sebastian,

Taoist saviour LiHong,

Wiccan Aradia,

Zoroastrian ManOfPeace Saoshyant,

or any other sage, prophet, guru, or leader to be revered & followed.

I am just a dude who happens to be able to resolve harmoniously what appear to be insoluble contradictions.

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I’m not looking for followers; I’m looking for leaders. I am looking for leaders who will grab this concept of Vinnieosophy-MIQOLFA*-Coaction and lead out in their own counties worldwide. Objective is not to convert anyone, but to find that 1% who already hold such views, and coalesce into independent cells in each county of this world, to become powerful “ship-rudders” steering their counties into happier waters.

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Vinnieosophy-MIQOLFA-Coaction does not require anyone to abandon their religion, political-party, fraternity, sorority, club, family, occupation, etc.

VMC, in fact, encourages people to be edifying, inspiring, & uplifting members of their various organizations.

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I do not want to be headquarters or president of VMC; just that little spark to start this coaction moving. 

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If you disagree with this, it obviously is not speaking to you, so don’t bother sending me hate mail, but just move on to whatever does speak to you.

If it does speak to you, start right away to gather around yourselves a social-circle of like-minded individuals. In time as your travel around this world, you’ll be able to meet other coaction groups. Of course in order for that to work, everybody ought-to use that same designation: VMC

(Vinnieosophy-MIQOLFA-Coaction).

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In order for your independent VMC cell to be well balanced rather than pushing some one-sided agenda, it is IMPERATIVE to invite people of very DIFFERENT religions, political-parties, fraternities, sororities, clubs, families, occupations, races, ethnicities, orientations, genders, etc. I am confident that in every group there is that 1% who resonate with vibrations of VMC.

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Notice I keep saying 1%. That is because whenever an organization becomes too large, history has shown that questionable characters join who then lead that organization to become abusive of others. As long as it stays at 1%, it will accomplish it’s purpose of increasing happiness in its county.

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Main guideline of VMC is Golden-Rule which is given lip-service in practically every religion & philosophy of this world.

When we coalesce 1% of like-minded people of every county in this world into consciously practicing Golden-Rule on daily basis, “world-peace” might have a chance.

VMC defines “peace” as:

Constructive-Courteous-Cooperation.

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*Measurably-Improving-Quality-Of-Life-For-All

A purpose of life

“To see this world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other & to feel, that is a purpose of life.”

—Sean O’Connell character

in Secret Life of Walter Mitty