Dear Ken,
That is the Cosmotheist insight, in a nutshell!
Paul.
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>WALTER.
>You can't leave before you have cleared up a mystery. You quote
>Ken Clark's:
>
>> > .... If this is so then it seems to me that perhaps we
>> > should begin with universal Quality in mind and recognize that
>> > human Quality should fit within the overall requirements of
>> > universal Quality. I suspect that such an approach would alleviate
>> > many of the value and morality problems we are having when we view
>> > the human situation in isolation
>
>and say:
>
>> This is exactly what I feel and for which I welcomed Keith's post
>
>What exactly is the "universal quality" as different from "human
>quality"?
>
>Bodvar,
> The question you have raised is the question that some of us have
been
>crying in the wilderness about for quite some time.
> My view of Quality is that it came into existence (operation) at the
time
>of the beginning of the universe and the force of Quality is
responsible
>for everything that has happened since. In this view the universe is a
>living entity operating under the guidance of quality and does not
require
>sentience, or even life, to function. This Quality force resulted in
the
>physical parameters that produced the inorganic organaization that
resulted
>in prebiotic molecules, then biotic molecules, then life in all of its
>complexity. This life, us, for instance, is just one of the expressions
of
>the underlying universal quality which controls the ongoing functioning
of
>the universe and will continue to control it until the universe reaches
>whatever end, if any, it is headed toward.
> Resulting from the underlying universal Quality eventually comes
>sentience in the form of humanity which eventually builds up the
knowledge
>and understanding to recognize that there is such a thing as Quality
>operating in the universe. The problem is that humanity, so far,
perceives
>Quality as applying solely to the human situation. Many of us have not
yet
>grasped the idea that the Quality force originated with the universe
and
>that the human perception of Quality is just an offshoot of universal
>Quality. Sentient (human) Quality is, to some extent, under the control
of
>the human mind and thus does not necessarily operate in accordance with
>universal Quality. Universal Quality and sentient Quality may well be
at
>odds with each other. It seems obvious to me that this is the case in
some
>instances. The task of the Squad is to keep our eyes firmly fixed on
the
>requirements of universal Quality and judge the operation of sentient
>Quality in that light. If we look at the history of the biosphere we
can
>see that sentient Quality is causing a problem with regard to universal
>Quality.
> Hope I have made myself clear. Ken
>
>
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