Information, and Control

I listen to talk radio, as much as a talking clock as for the information it provides.

I heard one caller who got the wheels turning, this morning.

I have had the perception that there are three main arena's of action today:
Information, Energy, and Value.

Information:
Perception is Reality - control perception and you control reality. Control the information a person receives, you control their perceptions.

Energy
Control and consumption of energy influences the standard of living, and by extension happiness.

Value:
A thing's worth is relative to the individual using the thing.

The underlying principle: Control.
Power to destroy a noun is power to control that noun. "Destruction" can mean to damage a physical thing to the point of it being unusable and useless: or to deny access to a thing, or method, etc.

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This as an underlying foundation I had some thoughts about ideas in discussion as I hear them today.

"Capitalism" equals "Greed"
"Greed is Good," to paraphrase Gordon Gekko.
'I don't want to work for someone else, or for a for-profit-organization, because that is only furthering someone's greed.'
Therefore do not work for anything that has a profit motive.

"Sex" is "Natural"
'Love the one you are with.'
'They are going to do it anyway, teach then to do it right, and give them a safe place to do it.'
Therefore encourage the gratification of appetites, without consideration of consequences thereof.

"Religion" is corrupt and and useless.
Organized Religion is just a bunch of pedophiles and power mongers who are seeking to subject people to their false traditions.
Therefore if one feels the need, pursue 'Spirituality'; since there is no 'truth' anyway anything will do.

Individuals do not have power, except as part of a group.
Therefore to have power, one must suborn himself to a group.

WRONG.
Truth does exist.

Yes, Greed is bad. But the profit motive is what drives Man to provide for His family. The question becomes how do you measure 'profit'?
By acquisition of power and control over a group? "I am the KING."
By accumulation of property and things? "He who dies with the most toys wins"
By the behavior of others? "You taught me to do this."

These are useful measures, but not fully based in truth.
Profit is an increase in value, after the costs have been paid. The attack on Profit is an attack on Value. Increase profit, and you increase the value of society.

Sex is natural, else there would not be any kind of propagation of any species.
BUT Actions have Consequences.
Self control is much more attractive and successful in promoting the propagation of any species than just gratifying appetites is or will be.
In properly ordered societies, of beasts or of Man, rogues without self control are always driven out or destroyed; this to maintain the proper order of the society.

Religion is the connecting of the individual to the divine, by a discipline that is defined by a mythology. The mythology teaches the whys and applications of what the discipline teaches the hows of. Through the shifting of meaning in the use of language, many will take the words used here as denigrating and derogatory toward True Religion, rather than as a starting point in defining the general categories.
True Religion is revealed by GOD, through modern prophets; it will seek to purify the corrupt by teaching correct principles and allowing Man to govern himself accordingly.
False Religion is created by men; it will seek to empower the corrupt by teaching philosophies of men, and compelling Man into subjugation.
Organized Religion, as with any power-structure attracts the corrupt. As with any organization, without careful guards about who does what and has what authority, it will drift from its original stated goals into maintaining and increasing the power of the corrupt within its structure.
In Religion, the guards are its mythology and discipline. When corrupt men seek to change the mythology and discipline of True Religion, other men who are true to the principles either rise up to stop those who are seeking the change, or depart and go elsewhere.

Individuals have much power and ability in themselves, but as each is an individual, how that power and ability is manifest is unique to each one. Groups are useful for making an increase in energy over time, but not all can give the same effort or same value in the effort.

Summary:

Information: the mythology and discipline of religion inform how a person is to behave in the society defined by the adherents of that religion.

Energy: the efforts of the people in the society have consequences, behave good and the society moves to greater peace and order; behave badly and disorder and conflict result.

Value: the nouns that a society values are sought for, and energy is expended to increase the value of those nouns.

Today I see a growing conflict between two general religious groups:

One has a mythology and discipline for teaching and distinguishing correct principles of information, energy, and value, and allowing the individuals to choose for themselves how to apply these. It fights with truth, honor and morality.

The other has a mythology and discipline for controlling information, energy, and value, and thereby controlling the behavior of individuals, and breaking them into isolated manageable groups. It fights by lies, deception and license, among other tactics.