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Sunday, September 17

Phenomenological modern day Western Ethics: Part II of II

by Daniel J. Shepard on Sun 17 Sep 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Phenomenological modern day Western Ethics:

Part II of II

Singer is not an evil man. Singer is following rationality. Singer is a thinker. But Singer has taken rationality to the extreme limits of science: The physical exists – the end.

But Singer has missed a major factor in his development of a model of reality.

Singer has examined what we know of reality, taken it to the limit of our knowledge of the physical and stopped.

But what Singer has refused to do is keep moving.

Singer has ignored what the scientific tool of observation has told us: the physical universe is expanding and that tells us we can, we have the ability, to ask: What is the physical universe expanding into?

Singer has ignored the tool of reason which implies: There is existence other than the physical for we are capable of perceiving it, namely self-knowing, knowledge …

Singer has ignored the tool of faith which has been with humanity since humanity began and which has intuitively told us that there is something greater than the physical.

The error of singer is none other than the error of modern Western Civilization, namely: We have lost our way. We have succumbed to our sterile laboratories. We have succumbed to the process of inductive and deductive reasoning controlled by machines which tell us what it is we can ‘believe’ and/or ‘not believe because...

We have lost our way.

One need not despair, however, for just as we have willingly arrested our metaphysical abilities we can retake control of our ability to think metaphysically anytime we wish.

End

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Saturday, September 16

Phenomenological modern day Western Ethics: Part I of II

by Daniel J. Shepard on Sat 16 Sep 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Phenomenological modern day Western Ethics:

Princeton Professor Singer: And I repeat, I would kill Disabled Infants
LifeSiteNews | 9/12/06 | John-Henry Westen

Posted on 09/12/2006 4:28:08 PM PDT by wagglebee

In a question and answer article published in the UK's Independent today, controversial Princeton University Professor Peter Singer repeats his notorious stand on the killing of disabled newborns. Asked, "Would you kill a disabled baby?", Singer responded, "Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole."

… In fact, Singer himself uses the abortion debate to justify his murderous stance.

… Singer rejects that man was created in the image and likeness of God.

… Asked about the choice between killing 10 cows or a human, Singer said he would kill the cows, but not because they were of less value, but because humans would mourn the death more.

…"even though Singer does not like to be compared to the Nazi's especially since his parents died in the Holocaust, his philosophical position is identical to what the Nazi's proposed.

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article1466409...

The above makes sense if and only if one embraces the model of reality as being simply a physical existence. Such a model rationalizes both Hitler and Singer in the same manner.

Singer is not illogical if phenomenology is the be all and end all.

Hitler is logical if we base ethics upon a model of reality wherein we exist within a location of physical existence and that is the end of it.

To be continued: Part II of II: Singer is not...

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Tuesday, June 6

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust? Part IV

by Daniel J. Shepard on Tue 06 Jun 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust?

Part V

I am aware this series of articles has been out of character with this blog. The site hits has clearly shown this to be the case. I will post the following as the last of its kind to be found on this particular site.

This site will remain what it had previously been, namely: Pacifistic in nature.

I will open a new site to run simultaneously with this site. The new site will include article series such as this one. Its location will be found under the sidebar of this site listed as ‘Activism’.

This series may have offended some due to its appearent judgmental nature.

But is this series of statements a form of judgmental statements intended to be simply divisive in nature?

First of all this series of statements regarding Pope Benedict the XVI is not judgmental:

Fact:

Pope Benedict the XVI is German

Pope Benedict the XVI was a member of the Hitler Youth

Pope Benedict the XVI is the undisputed leader of the Catholic Church

Pope Benedict the XVI understands men act within the realm of free will

Pope Benedict the XVI is well that it was man not God that committed the Holocaust

Pope Benedict the XVI did ask: Why did God allow this (the Holocaust) to happen?

This series of facts, this indirect implication - by the Pope himself - of God being responsible for the holocaust, initiated the soul searching action of man seeking the answer to the question: Why did God allow the Holocaust to happen?

The action on the part of the Pope sends men seeking the answer to the wrong question: Why did God allow the Holocaust to happen as opposed to asking the correct question: Why did man let the Holocaust happen?

The action of the Pope had the effect of transferring the responsibility for the Holocaust, which names a collective act genereating not just the death of six million Jews but five million non-Jews, from man’s shoulders to God’s shoulders.

This process is the direct act of shifting responsibility regarding the actions of the Vatican from the Vatican to God’s shoulders. The act is repeated so often today. Leaders attempt to shift responsibility from themselves to the shoulders of others.

I know this series of short articles/questions regarding Pope Benedict the XVI was upsetting to many of those reading this blog. The very fact that the hits dropped from twelve hundred a day to two hundred a day clearly demonstrates the abhorrence the readers of this blog find in reading negative blogging. But the fact remains that the action of this Pope is a stark example of how we, all of us, to take actions which appear to be short term solutions to ugly personal problems we face on a daily basis by shifting responsibility from ourselves to others.

Truth is the issue here, not avoidance.

I am not suggesting the Pope step down from his position due to his past acts. I never made that statement.

I stated: The Pope, the leader of a religion which tells men to seek forgiveness of God, should seek simply do what he tells others to do, namely: Seek forgiveness of God.

But symbiotic panentheism states the divine is found not only in God but is found also in man. Man was made by God, in the image of God. Man was made by an all powerful Being and as such the divine is found in man since God made man in His image. Thus man is divine. As such the act of the Pope seeking God’s forgiveness is not enough if the Pope is seeking the forgiveness of the divine. For universal forgiveness of the divine, the Pope would need to seek both God’s forgiveness AND man’s forgiveness. That is what I stated.

In short: The Pope, as a leader, needs to lead by example. The Pope needs to take responsibility for his actions. The Pope should acknowledge his role in the holocaust and if he feels the need, to ask forgiveness not only of God but of man.

Such an act would demonstrate how others should act.

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Friday, June 2

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust? Part IV

by Daniel J. Shepard on Fri 02 Jun 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060528/D8HT21CO0.html

Part IV

I don’t understand how the leader of the Catholic faith, the leader of one billion Christians, ‘the human voice of God’ can fail to appreciate the responsibility of the Vatican.

Pope Benedict stated:

…He also did not mention the controversy over the wartime role of Pope Pius XII, who some say did not do all in his power to prevent Jews from being deported to concentration camps. The Vatican rejects that accusation…’

Shame on Pope and double shame on the Vatican. Most of the problems our species is experiencing at this point in history goes to the unwillingness of the individual to take responsibility of their actions.

Too often men hide behind the mask of ‘the nation’, ‘the corporation’, ‘the government’, ‘the Vatican’ in order to absolve themselves of their responsibilities. In fact there is no such thing as: ‘the corporation’, ‘the government’, ‘the Vatican’. These entities are in fact nothing but a collective action of men and it is the men who comprise such organizations who must stand up and take responsible for their actions commented while acting within said organizations.

Until the leaders of our societies and organizations begin to do just that, lead – take responsibility for their actions, events of the past, history will not change.

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Thursday, June 1

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust? Part III

by Daniel J. Shepard on Thu 01 Jun 2006 12:00 AM EDT

Pope: How Could God 'Tolerate' Holocaust?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060528/D8HT21CO0.html

Part III

I don’t understand how the leader of the Catholic faith, the leader of one billion Christians, ‘the human voice of God’ can place the blame for the holocaust upon God.

Pope Benedict stated:

…Benedict did not refer to collective guilt of the German people but instead focused on the Nazi regime…’.

The German people have been given a pass by none other than the Pope. A society is responsible for its actions. A Pope cannot absolve the citizens of a nation of its responsibilities. To absolve the German people of its history is to encourage history to repeat itself. Even Hitler said to generals that the history of the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the century clearly demonstrated humanities indifference of history and as such no one would judge a nation for its past acts.

Now I will grant you that symbiotic panentheism clearly states that no man is responsible for the actions of those that came before him, however, that does not mean that history is to be distorted or rewritten with the express purpose of diminishing the acts of one’s forefathers.

I am German and as such will do everything I can to prevent Germans, to prevent humanity from repeating history, especially the acts of genocide.

And just what is it I am doing to prevent the genocide which is occurring in today’s world, genocidal actions such as occurs in Bosnia, Cambodia, Sudan, Nigeria, etc.

I am attempting to work against the acts of genocide through the process of describing a broader understanding of reality which clearly demonstrates the insanity of such acts.

Is this a humanitarian act on my part? Actually no. The act on my part is actually a selfish one on my part. Symbiotic panentheism is the only metaphysical model of reality, of which I am aware, which clearly demonstrates the significance of individualism wherein acts of altruism are done for selfish reasons.

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