Warning: the following contains Christian value references, might be important to international regulation. Also warning to reader complex topics that might be a bit more A fee than I would like – I don’t have all the answers, some of the questions I pose are hard for me. Not having all the answers not all easy when Bible requires people to Be Perfect and not delivering on that perfection is set to sin. I provide the following to both potentially increase my own knowledge, let others know where I am coming from, raise awareness of real issues as I see them, and hopefully help promote mercy and grace for others. Reminder I am not a priest, preacher, or minister nor an expert in all topics I discuss.
I have fans and potentially enemies that read my work. I want my fans supported, I want my enemies hearts changed – more fans adds value, other people hurting (including my enemies) does not. My writing sometimes is trying to get my enemies to change their hearts, without trying to alienate my fans – combination might lead to fans reading things not meant for them.
Living in places with constant fire alarms where can’t leave, and sirens (ambulance or cop cars) has potential to produce constant anxiety
Intense emotions might lead to anger, over reacting – over reaction might lead to words that are regrettable, regrettable words have potential to compound that anxiety. Increased anxiety might lead to increased alcohol or drug use also with potential to compound problems, wrong words, and anxiety.
Processing anger in better ways is useful. Setting expectations wisely matters, expectations not met has potential to lead to feeling of uncertainty, anxiety. It is desirable at times to put anger on the back burner, think about other things, not actually make decisions based upon it, avoidance is not the same as processing in my opinion.
Belief in Christ and God has potential to lead to prayer. Prayers create expectations, expectations not met might reinforce the idea Christ or God might be less than ideally invested, has not fully forgiven – which also creates anxiety, negative reflection upon imperfection. People take communion then might not feel forgiven by the rest of society – it reinforces the idea they are not forgiven even when by Christ and God they are. Decision making is sometimes made based upon perception of reality, perception of truth that might be less than ideal, less than ideally invested in.
Gratitude has potential to reinforce idea that all is not lost, there is safety, protection, support that already exists and has potential to continue exist, improve. Less gratitude, seeing the bad instead of the good might increase anxiety.
Our society turns up perfection in many fields. The Bible turns up perfection. There are good reasons to turn up perfection – less bridges that fall, might be built incorrectly. We turn up similar level requirements for many different fields in ways that might be less than ideal value added for all parties. One typo could lead to a bridge collapse theoretically, could lead to feeling of constant requirement for ideal typos out ideal editing of all writing and documentation. Don’t get it wrong, ever, step on a crack it will be the end of the world has potential to be inspired non ideally. Make sure A is met too stringently pursued might lead to less A met or no A met.
Put engineers on the street over and over for 40 years, then, only then will we know if they should be trusted to work on a bridge? Desire for ideal value out might lead to excessive testing, excessive testing that does not actually generate and deliver the desired result, engineering systems that are ready and protected, built with sufficient materials. Greater populations, less jobs available might lead to capacity to raise the bar, raise the bar to weed out a percentage of the population – potentially in both ideal and non-ideal ways. A when we only hire A+? What happens when A++?
Engineers that appreciate the problem in the system more or less likely to generate a system that doesn’t leave people on the street as useful? People being left on the street in society a problem or not a real problem? Systemic design factors into or does not factor into who winds up on the street and when? Excessive tests, tests like putting people out on the street to freeze to death could be used as messed up way to increase appreciation, weed out less than ideal commitment and investment? Society appreciates strength, requirement to be perceived as strength not all value added, hazing has potential to go too far especially in a world with increasing populations and requirements like NASA. 8 billion plus people – there will be a need or no need to weed out part of the populations, weeding out all good or not all good, requirements factor into less than ideal problem solving embraced or not?
Making things a big deal is part of the problem with creating anxiety. One of the reasons humor is set as useful – problem is sometimes humor that once is thought of as funny, no big deal has potential to start feeling like a big deal. Laughed at a joke, yet joke was less than ideal Golden Rule by who? Less than perfection with a Bible that says Be Perfect, James 4:17 knowing and not doing is sin? People have potential to set what is a big deal and what is not – humorous to me, helps diffuse and encourage in a tough time while humiliating to others has potential to amplify less than ideally. If it means more, tempt judgment, reduced mercy and grace by making it a big deal? Sin or not sin with Be Perfect, James 4:17? Potential for feeling of can’t win.
Deliverer of “can’t take a joke” can’t take a joke is a possible system, a system people might like to turn up. Humor while useful might be more unstable, risky power than people like to admit at times. Profit favors the bold (no risk no reward), yet profit and lack of profit determines who is homeless on the street at any given moment. Cute Funny Beautiful cuts less than ideally should be a good reason to give all more mercy and grace – might have been more support if I didn’t see cute cats? Debatable. Blame people for laughing at a joke? No. Comprehension of the humor might lead to F let, more met. “We will not be redistributing homeless and if-ed brain damage, not on my watch”.
This document like many pose the question would just the words “Never Say Die!” add more value. Not trying to increase discouragement – trying to call out problems that I have personally experienced – that others might experience, might be experiencing in a way that prevents it both now and in the future. Solve the problem without talking about the problem might be more encouraging. I need your support to make the world a better place here is what you did wrong feels wrong from a person that is less than ideal sin out too. Please stop it is endangering my life said without trying to make others feel like garbage not always easy to turn up right. I don’t want others to feel like garbage and I also don’t want to be put on the street on repeat like a tootsie pop (how many times does it take?) – something is deeply systemically wrong with a system that has produced and delivered this result in my life, likely the life of others on repeat.
I have not charged for access to my documents. Maybe if I charged people would value them more, maybe there would be a different distribution of funds and resources, maybe a different set of people would be off the street. Hard to assess value based upon results as seen. Provided freely might lead to lives saved, maybe one less bomb dropped.
Provided to some, some readers is a subset of the population. Is it the right subset of the population? People stuck in jails oppressed likely have no access. Is it just to provide documentation that might factor into protection of life to a subset of the population? FBI conveys messages to public about safety, organized crime, and cybersecurity – not providing those same messages to people that are incarcerated – matters or doesn’t matter in a system with potential for less-than-ideal organized crime out? Rehabilitation trying to teach people to be more just while delivering less justice and access to information? Value and humanize other citizens to a greater extent while dehumanizing is a mixed message (commentary on locking people up like in a fish tank is less than ideal humanization – man is meant for more than Plexiglas walls). I am not FBI or government, that said my documentation like the documentation and news of others factors into and facilitates wellbeing and safety of others including those that are incarcerated. How much is one missed United Nations report worth? When UN hasn’t been ideal crime out?
Had a thought about how important is separation between Church and State.
The Church, The Catholic Church believes in demons. Demons real spiritual warfare that can lead to awful results at critical times.
Believing demons are real (which I personally do believe evil and demons are real) has potential to reduce credibility for both self and others in non-ideal ways.
If someone chooses not to be Christian do they have the potential to gain demons? Yes or No?
Should someone that has the potential to gain demons be put in positions like airline pilots, CEOs of companies, high government positions, law enforcement?
Does a Church that claims to believe in demons that remains silent on the subject matter (possibly increasing own credibility) establish ideal trust in belief, as the belief will be used in ideal ways that profit others over self?
USA has a concept of separation between Church and State. We have convoluted the matter at times in history Bible Belt and general elections, In God we Trust, 10 Commandments in schools and public buildings.
The potential has the ability to discredit, reduce the credibility in people and talent from other religions including Judaism. Less credibility for the Jewish population has lead to problems in the past, present, and we are trying (with good reason) to limit racial and ethnic injustice including that against the Jewish and Israeli population in the future.
As a Christian I am a bit torn on the matter, I believe in demons (both real and potentially caused by medical problems, systemic problems like leverage and oppression), I believe demons could do real damage to people in critical roles, as an engineer I want people in critical roles protected and supported to help protect others, God might not ideally agree with me on who deserves demons (evil, unclean spirits) and who does not.
I also believe The Church and religion in general has potential to overreach in non-ideal ways. Jim Jones, Waco, David Koresh, Salem Witch Trials – countless examples throughout time of religion acting in evil ways (ways like possessed by demons or demonic powers, potentially induced by health problems, lack of access to healthcare, knowledge of what does and does not cause health problems – Asbestos might lead to cancer, cancer might not lead to ideal decision making). Worthy of note my perception and comprehension of time based events is dependent on the way the story is provided to me, potential for evils I can’t comprehend at different times in history.
The combination makes being a Christian and being someone with ambitions in engineering, making products that make the world better difficult. Desire to create planes to generate greater capacity for humans to travel leads to less than ideal bombs out equates to desire to make something that makes the world a better place does not always deliver ideally in practice. Less evil and demons matters, matters especially in a World where engineering power and ambitions are likely to progress and not reduce overtime. Faster computers have potential to lead to less cancer, people cured faster – or new and awful ways to abuse human rights.
Less evil is valuable to engineering progress is something likely worth teaching in engineering schools. Yet we all don’t agree on what is evil, what constitutes evil – and the combination is consequential. Evil doesn’t always play fair thus conversation on the matter is not always turned up. Evil knowing less has value, thus less words and communication is sometimes valued.
Does being a Christian mean one can’t be a CEO, can’t be an engineer? If Christians would only let other Christians be engineers or CEOs and if I were from another religion I might not want a Christian in charge of a company, be left with non-discrimination based upon religion and ethnicity. I am a Christian, I am not from another religion, as a Christian I do believe in Love your enemy, bless your enemy, blessed are the peacemakers. I don’t really want to set anyone from other religions, anyone that will be less than ideal sin out, anyone that has the possibility of gaining demons as my enemy. A Christian that loves others, loves their enemy, really wants to give them a role in which their demons could wreak havoc on the public? If I was a demon, had a demon, would I let a Christian take power, or would I be a persecution engine against them?
God says Be Perfect and James 4:17 knowing and not doing is sin. How many demons does the public get for investing in Global Warming, less than ideal heat strokes out? Christians really meet perfection on that or part of the group with potential for less than ideal demons out?
Perfection is hard, people divest from fixing global warming in ideal ways, combination of requirement to be perfect without delivering it is consequential – is a less than ideal lesson for society
If I was from another religion I might find the combination consequential, I might find that a Church that fails to address the matter in more ideal ways makes it questionable to be trusted. Thus it might lead to lack of opportunity for Christians, less access to positions of power.
Also might lead to less leaders worldwide that believe in generosity, loving your enemy, blessed are the peacemakers – might be consequential to generating and inspiring less peace in general.
Citizens generally want enough separation of Church and State to not be subject to witch hunts, want enough coupling to not have an Atheist Totalitarian regime that devalues life and human rights (No God – what is the value in life?). Having a God to answer to facilitates desire to not break the 10 Commandments. Being from Texas helps inspire desire for others to have Air Conditioning, both in this life and the life to come.
Fire Insurance from the one that performs miracles, or the one that requires protection money? Scams with governments, organized crime, and religion hurt the cause. Jewish person hidden in your house in WW2? Government gets truth to less valuable system. I might argue for the non-Christian to inspire mercy and grace – prayers not always answered, mustard seed telepathy hasn’t worked for me.
Christians have potential to think we have met perfection by accepting Christ, taking communion – forgiven and justified, no condemnation under Christ. Yet with that newfound acceptance we sometimes have the potential to reduce mercy and grace, increase judgment, Pee as we are A – others without Christ and Christ’s forgiveness aren’t A, aren’t worthy of supporting – which is not all Christianity amplified, all Christ’s teachings listened to and accepted. Christians that truly believe in Love your enemy? How many do you know? In may A foe, In you A foe?
My Tech Blog 