Note-Re: [asa] A Theology of Information(?)

Note that if you want to follow the link I provided, you may have to
manually copy and paste the link http://tinyurl.com/jhwlp into
your browser, as it may only bring up an "About Blank" window for
you when you click on it. ~ Janice

At 12:05 PM 7/18/2007, Janice Matchett wrote:
>At 10:06 AM 7/18/2007, David Opderbeck wrote:
>
>>"..Rather, the ultimate root of "information" is the social
>>relationship of the Trinity." ~ David O.
>
>
>@ Regardless. Your premise isn't accurate unless it is expanded to
>ensure those suffering from arrested development (coercive
>collectives) can't twist it to fit their agenda.
>
>The non-twistable premise: "...is the voluntary, cooperative social
>relationship of the individual personas of the Trinity."
>
>"... envy is ubiquitous in primitive groups, and in fact, is the
>very thing that keeps them primitive and undeveloped.
>
>In order to advance into capitalism, human beings had to get past
>the "envy barrier" and tolerate the idea that some people will have
>more than others.
>
>In primitive groups, envy is so pervasive that no one is allowed to
>have more than anyone else--they are trapped in a "zero sum" theory
>of economics, just as are many liberals today.
>
>To naive leftists, a primitive culture may look like an egalitarian
>paradise, but it is actually a paranoid and envious hell, with
>everyone fearful of the "evil eye" of his envious neighbor should he
>acquire more than him.
>
>For this reason, primitive groups mindlessly destroy surpluses or
>engage in sacrifices to their "envious" gods. See: Helmut
>Schoeck's classic, Envy: A Theory of Social
>Behavior http://tinyurl.com/jhwlp
>
>~ Janice
>

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Received on Wed Jul 18 12:22:01 2007