Metaphysic Storm

Value, in any form, requires an agent: a being able to connect a desire, importance or need to something. It’s easy to extend the concept of value to life forms whom don’t posses brains through anthropomorphism. A plant definitely needs light and water for survival and natural selection rewarded those whom “sought” out these things with continued existence. However, the plant does not have the capacity to value anything. Light and water are a requirements for it’s life, but just as a time piece requires winding to be, they can not place a value on the requirements without a self.

In today’s hurricane of political rhetoric, Family Values (Christian Values), surfaces more and more as the most decisive character requirement of our representatives. Naively many people believe Christian values is synonymous with goodness. Jesus’ message of unconditional love to all, on the surface, sounds like a great way to answer all of the worlds problems in one great swoosh. But Mi casa Su casa requires everyone on the planet to willingly disown all of ones property, including the self: thus the “I live for Jesus” line. Conspicuously most Christians don’t actually value losing their self or their property. Christ was a communist minus the guns plus one god. Christian values is paradoxally one of oppression: Submission to an invisible ruler, Selflessness, Complete passiveness, Unconditional love, and Unconditional forgiveness. Baaaaa… Continue Reading »