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Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts) Tue Nov 26, 2013, 11:23 PM Nov 2013

WE CREATE CONCEPTS, LIKE TERRORISM, WE CANNOT DEFEAT and fear the truth...

Truth is an unattainable concept: We demand the truth; but if it is presented, most people find it so uncomfortable they attack anyone willing to reveal it in an unbiased form.

Freedom is an unattainable concept: We relish it; but we refuse to offer real freedom to our employees, lovers and children.

Justice is a concept reserved for those who can afford to hire the finest lawyers to pay off judges and juries; but there is no justice for the poor.

Peace is an unattainable concept, because some people become wealthier and more powerful by provoking wars.

Death is more than a concept; but the after-life remains conceptual. If these concepts exist why aren't more people trying to attain them?



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WE CREATE CONCEPTS, LIKE TERRORISM, WE CANNOT DEFEAT and fear the truth... (Original Post) Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2013 OP
Please explain your last line. Trillo Nov 2013 #1
Because there is fun to be had. aikoaiko Nov 2013 #2
hmmmmm defacto7 Nov 2013 #3

defacto7

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3. hmmmmm
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Wed Nov 27, 2013, 04:01 AM
Nov 2013

if the afterlife is conceptual, how can it exist? If someone believes their concept of the afterlife exists....

wait a minute... it's a different thought!

If the concepts of Truth, Freedom, Justice Peace and Death exist, why aren't more people trying to attain them?

It depends on what order they try to attain them. Better not start with the last one because it's the easiest to attain... and the afterlife? That's just anti-reductionism.

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