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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Mar 12, 2008 13:45
In material terms we are a phenomenon. We are a force of matter.
The earliest peoples could not have seen this. They fashioned systems
of belief based on their own experience and their own creations. Thus,
when they encountered others in numbers they were unable to reach
out. We decry the men who forced cohabitation by coercion. In
reality, they were agents, unwitting or otherwise, of the human
colonisation of the planet.
The vast empires created brought stability and encouraged technology
- but at a cost of human freedom and even the concept of same..
In Europe, for various reasons, such empires failed to take hold.
Freedom remained a memory. Finally, around the 17th or 18th century
freedom became a possibility.
The world we see today is aproduct of such freedom. Freedom is our
current belief. But the very productivity permitted by freedom
threatens our place on ther planet. Once again, though, we are unable
to see beyond our current worldview. We are locked within our own very
limited concepts.
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Author: toolytooly Date: Mar 12, 2008 14:13
> In material terms we are a phenomenon. We are a force of matter.
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> The earliest peoples could not have seen this. They fashioned systems
> of belief based on their own experience and their own creations. Thus,
> when they encountered others in numbers they were unable to reach
> out. We decry the men who forced cohabitation by coercion. In
> reality, they were agents, unwitting or otherwise, of the human
> colonisation of the planet.
>
> The vast empires created brought stability and encouraged technology
> - but at a cost of human freedom and even the concept of same..
>
> In Europe, for various reasons, such empires failed to take hold.
> Freedom remained a memory. Finally, around the 17th or 18th century
> freedom became a possibility.
>
> The world we see today is aproduct of such freedom. Freedom is our
> current belief. But the very productivity permitted by freedom ...
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Mar 12, 2008 15:40
On Mar 12, 9:13 pm, "tooly" bellsouth.net> wrote:> "Joseph Humming" humanisation.org> wrote in message
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>>> In material terms we are a phenomenon. We are a force of matter.
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>> The earliest peoples could not have seen this. They fashioned systems
>> of belief based on their own experience and their own creations. Thus,
>> when they encountered others in numbers they were unable to reach
>> out. We decry the men who forced cohabitation by coercion. In
>> reality, they were agents, unwitting or otherwise, of the human
>> colonisation of the planet.
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>> The vast empires created brought stability and encouraged technology
>> - but at a cost of human freedom and even the concept of same.. ...
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Mar 12, 2008 20:18
> ...We are locked within our own very
> limited concepts.
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> Coericion is plainly impossible now. We wouldn't allow it. It is
> unconscionable. So how do we move to the next phase in our
> colonisation?
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> Only by the creation of - and acceptance of - a vast vision of a human
> role in the future, a role in the future of the planet and,
> ultimately, in the future of the universe.
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> Joseph Humming
The Religion of Humanity becomes ...the true Positive religion, the
only one capable of replacing Catholicism. Like the Catholic religion,
Positivism will have its cult, its dogmas, its ceremonies, its...
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Mar 13, 2008 00:24
On Mar 13, 3:18 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>> ...We are locked within our own very
>> limited concepts.
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>> Coericion is plainly impossible now. We wouldn't allow it. It is
>> unconscionable. So how do we move to the next phase in our
>> colonisation?
>
>> Only by the creation of - and acceptance of - a vast vision of a human
>> role in the future, a role in the future of the planet and,
>> ultimately, in the future of the universe.
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>> Joseph Humming
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> The Religion of Humanity becomes ...the true Positive religion, the
> only one capable of replacing Catholicism. Like the Catholic religion,
> Positivism will have its cult, its dogmas, its ceremonies, its
> "consecrations" or "social sacraments" by which to sanctify "all
> present phases of private life, systematically tying them to public
> life" (Positive Catechism). Months will take the meaningful names of ...
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Author: Joseph HummingJoseph Humming Date: Mar 13, 2008 10:16
On Mar 13, 3:18 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>> ...We are locked within our own very
>> limited concepts.
>
>> Coericion is plainly impossible now. We wouldn't allow it. It is
>> unconscionable. So how do we move to the next phase in our
>> colonisation?
>
>> Only by the creation of - and acceptance of - a vast vision of a human
>> role in the future, a role in the future of the planet and,
>> ultimately, in the future of the universe.
>
>> Joseph Humming
>
> The Religion of Humanity becomes ...the true Positive religion, the
> only one capable of replacing Catholicism. Like the Catholic religion,
> Positivism will have its cult, its dogmas, its ceremonies, its
> "consecrations" or "social sacraments" by which to sanctify "all
> present phases of private life, systematically tying them to public
> life" (Positive Catechism). Months will take the meaningful names of ...
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