Heavily edited and revised with many names removed for safety (mine) and some might not be in order of time. ME: It would seem that those calling themselves receptive skeptics might look for interesting turns and twists when looking at people who hold to theories of Intelligent Design.. My favorite is that view of the […]
RE Means Story Tellers
The human being is separate and superior to all other known creatures by reason of the story. We are story tellers. No other creature is a story teller. Our existence is defined by our stories. The future of humanity is the rational thinker, but for now our stories are themselves the reason of being. We […]
Movie Pitch
The Pitch The Pitch: What you are about to read is an idea as world changing as Newtonian Physics. In fact, this idea explains Newtonian Physics and Linnaean Taxonomy as a valuable conceptualization due to Rational Existence, and they are some of the better conceptualizations. If you are still listening you are one of the […]
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As I write this I consider myself a Baha’i but the administration of my Faith has every right to include or exclude me from their roles based entirely on their own internal reasons. Nothing I can say or do should influence the decision of the Baha’i Faith as who is or is not a member. […]
Emotions and Animals
The way animals and non-rational humans deal with our surroundings is based upon emotions. There are simple rules: pain, sickness, tiredness, lust, happiness… when we feel these things we act upon them. In a rational world, however, emotions cause us problems. They don’t make sense. My favorite example is when we owe someone. That person […]
Generative Grammar
Studying languages in college I came across Noam Chomsky’s famous sentence “colorless green ideas sleep furiously”. His point was to show that native speakers of a language can tell whether or not a sentence conforms to rules of grammar regardless of whether or not the sentence has meaning. One of the many inspirations leading to […]
God?
The existence of God is easy to prove, accept and comprehend, as easily as proving the existence of any sort of order in the universe. The question is what attributes God encompasses. My way of comprehending existence, form, ideas and relationships separates the material from the non-material. Humanity lives in a non-physical or rational world. The […]
Are they misinterpreted?
Platonic Forms, metaphysical reality, transcendental, supernatural, “above” nature, all of these are interpretations. They are propositions of meaning to help humans understand philosophical and theological assertions. These are not proven, existent “places” or “worlds” or even words with fixed and specific definitions. They are rather interpreted meanings of philosopher’s words. My most controversial proposal with […]
Refurbish the Plumes on Our Birds
Refurbish the plumes on our bird October 2, 2014Philosophy, Rational Existence, Religioncompx2 The prize is spirit, however you define spirit. We all have different memories, understandings, agendas and influences, but we recognize spirit as referring to the highest, best, and brightest of our aspirations. We all need more of the spirit in our lives. Keep your eyes […]
Think Deeply, Help Others
Conceptualizing our worlds is Rational Existence. And of all the concepts we make value is paramount. Love, encouragement, the comfort of our loved ones, even fame and fortune have value. Depending how deeply we delve into Rational Existence it quickly becomes apparent that encouraging others is one of the easiest, most effective and direct ways […]