God is a Concept...

[Walker]

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Benwood, West Virginia. The leader of the group of us scattered throughout 3 or 4 states was Richard Rose.





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Did you know Richard Rose?

[Bill Wiltrack]

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[Walker]

I never met him, but I would have liked to.

I like the story of how he built his house with brick and cement instead of brick and mortar, which made life difficult for the bulldozer that came to destroy it. It tipped over instead of breaking.

[Belinda]

Bill Willtrack wrote:

I guess, in this arena, I consider the PhilosophyNow Forums as my own personal review board? If that is what you mean

It's a good idea, Bill, but it's not what I meant to refer to as a network of professionals. I referred to the people who formulated the creed or creeds that you believe. I am very wary of all creeds. Uncertainty is great.

[Bill Wiltrack]

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Not sure if even now I am understanding you correctly but...


I alone believe in the inherent good of Organized Labor.



Organized Labor is my religion.

Current, legally recognized Agreement Books are my Bible, if you will.



Again, if that is what you mean.





Oh, & BTW NO ONE else on earth believes in the way that I do...so their really isn't much of a network of professionals that support my views.






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[Walker]

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Didn't Richard Rose say that one should never lie?
That truth-telling all the time is a most powerful act?

Maybe that was someone else.

[Belinda]

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Not sure if even now I am understanding you correctly but...


I alone believe in the inherent good of Organized Labor.



Organized Labor is my religion.

Current, legally recognized Agreement Books are my Bible, if you will.



Again, if that is what you mean.





Oh, & BTW NO ONE else on earth believes in the way that I do...so their really isn't much of a network of professionals that support my views.

So, Bill, your word order in " I alone believe in the good of Organized Labor" is deliberate. I don't understand you in this, because I myself am a socialist who supports old fashioned trade unionism, that is as long as there is a sturdy bargaining mechanism in place so that workers and employers can agree to arbitration or compromise.

What are "legally recognized Agreement Books"? Would you supply examples ?

I would have thought that any book which was not illegal was legally recognised.






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[Greta]

I think God is a potential, a potential we seem to instinctively sense as the possibilities of what life might become over many billions of years - if not seeded by the Earth, then somewhere else in the distant future. The idea behind the de Chardin's Omega Point makes sense in that a sufficiently advanced entity may well seem like God to us, and there's plenty of time left for new forms to emerge that we cannot imagine.

[attofishpi]

I think God is a potential, a potential we seem to instinctively sense as the possibilities of what life might become over many billions of years - if not seeded by the Earth, then somewhere else in the distant future. The idea behind the de Chardin's Omega Point makes sense in that a sufficiently advanced entity may well seem like God to us, and there's plenty of time left for new forms to emerge that we cannot imagine.

Absolutely - and the technological singularity is just around the corner, apparently.

[Belinda]

I think God is a potential, a potential we seem to instinctively sense as the possibilities of what life might become over many billions of years - if not seeded by the Earth, then somewhere else in the distant future. The idea behind the de Chardin's Omega Point makes sense in that a sufficiently advanced entity may well seem like God to us, and there's plenty of time left for new forms to emerge that we cannot imagine.

My favourite god is like Greta's but less cosmic and more psychological.

[attofishpi]

My favourite god is like Greta's but less cosmic and more psychological.

Sure, from my experience of this entity i'm certain it is within your psyche.

[Greta]

I think God is a potential, a potential we seem to instinctively sense as the possibilities of what life might become over many billions of years - if not seeded by the Earth, then somewhere else in the distant future. The idea behind the de Chardin's Omega Point makes sense in that a sufficiently advanced entity may well seem like God to us, and there's plenty of time left for new forms to emerge that we cannot imagine.

Absolutely - and the technological singularity is just around the corner, apparently.

If we do create genuinely intelligent machines, I wonder where their evolution might take them.

My favourite god is like Greta's but less cosmic and more psychological. :)

I'm keen on the Sun, Earth and Moon as deities. At least they do actual work to earn their reverence, unlike some of the metaphysical freeloaders out there :)

[attofishpi]

Absolutely - and the technological singularity is just around the corner, apparently.

If we do create genuinely intelligent machines, I wonder where their evolution might take them.

mmm...i doubt Ikea.

[Bill Wiltrack]

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By legally recognized agreement book I mean, an agreement book that is recognized and enforceable by the country of operation legal system.

A book that legitimately represents the owner & managing body of a signatory company and negotiating body on the side of the workers that is legally recognized as being able to represent the majority of workers of a signatory company.

Often times an owner will be a member of a contractors' association and workers will be represented by an entity such as the AFL-CIO.



A union agreement book is one that legally represents and is recognized by both the signatory owner and a legitimate representative of the workers best interests.



Organized Labor is my religion.







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[Belinda]

Greta wrote:

I'm keen on the Sun, Earth and Moon as deities. At least they do actual work to earn their reverence, unlike some of the metaphysical freeloaders out there

I like too like those deities. I am especially keen on the constellation of Orion who is very beautiful. Do you see Orion in Australia? Maybe he is hemispherically ontical.

I understand that one has to be invited to join a coven, unlike most philosophy forums.