Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: philosophical teaser

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 <nwterry@gmail.com> 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 <nwte...@gmail.com> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Nov 4, 6:49 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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..
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> > It seems to me that Wars seem to be created by either "ego" or greed  but
> > they are sustained by greed.
> > Allan
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> > |_D Allan
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> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.

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|_D Allan

Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.