Confucius - "The Beginning of Wisdom is to Call a Thing What It Is"

The Ages ^ | 551–479 BC | Confucius

[CharlesOConnell]

Sodomite Pseudo Marriage

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[CharlesOConnell]

Bring them out, that we may know them. - Gen 19:5

[CharlesOConnell]

Sorry, bad link.

[ClearCase_guy]

Ayn Rand got a lot of mileage out of “A is A”.

[jsanders2001]

Then there is absolutely no wisdom in this administration then because they call everything what it isn’t and intentionally at that (in other words, lying)

[Secret Agent Man]

obama - gay anti-american muslim socialist

there, it’s been called what it is.

[Secret Agent Man]

oops,sodomite, not gay.

[gundog]

PC...call something anything but what it is.

[dontreadthis]

man who goes to bed with itchy obama, wakes up with smelly finger

[jsanders2001]

> PC...call something anything but what it is.

PC= lying to excuse bad behavior so it can continue

[jobim]

Confucius according to Will Durant:

1)The world is at war because its constituent states are improperly governed
2)States are improperly governed because the family is in disorder
3)The family is in disorder because men cannot regulate themselves
4)They fail to regulate themselves because they have not rectified their hearts of disorderly desires
5)They have not rectified their hearts because their thinking is insincere, not based upon reality
6)Their thinking is insincere because they let their wishes discolor the facts

To set things in order, start corrections at #6, and the dominoes will fall backward to #1. Old Kung Tzu was a Conservative even before Adam Smith.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Not everybody agrees on what an “orderly desire” is.

It’s high time to quit playing footsie with philosophy. Call personally on the Lord like your eternal life depended upon it.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Call a s_____ a s_____.

I'm not going there. That would be racist.

[jobim]

footsie with philosophy? That's catchy, but what does it mean?

Confucius spent his life attempting to bring order to a society much out of control (the Warring States Period). He didn't address religion, but political science, sociology, and yes, philosophy.

I of course accept your directive to seek the Lord while He may be found, but a study of the wise ones throughout history is a worthwhile pursuit.

[UCANSEE2]

Then there is absolutely no wisdom in this administration then because they call everything what it isn’t and intentionally at that (in other words, lying)

'This administration' reminds me of characters from 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Labyrinth'.

[UCANSEE2]

I thought PC meant Profoundly Crazy.

[UCANSEE2]

I think I can sum all that up in two words.

MASTER THYSELF.

[jobim]

Yes, but like your freshman Algebra teacher told you: show your work.

[DesertRhino]

Very solid thinking there. That a clean living individual man, ultimately cures the ills of family and society. We all love God, but God works in mysterious ways, and when a guy is right, it dos us no harm to listen.

A far as admonitions not to play footsie with philosophy, that of course, is a philosophy itself.

[gattaca]

Exactly, like Obama calling illegals “Americans in waiting”

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s a fascinating thing to see how the people who are regarded as the world’s better philosophers managed to form more or less of a supportive ring around biblical advice. The worse ones are seen to trash biblical advice.

But this is actually a testimony about the bible, which in turn is actually a testimony about God. What I’m getting at is: why not cut out the middle man.