Notes
[Notebook: Language DB 57]
[Sunday 14 November 2004 - Saturday 20 November 2004]
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Sunday 14 November 2004
Our paradigm a) metaphysics = the invariant structure of communication b) science = what is actually communicated.
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In physical theology, all is trade, which is why the trading rules need to be of high integrity.
The biggest lies are the simplest.
Luther drew attention to the fact that the Church was trading spiritual matter, that is indulgences, documents assured to be valid in the spiritual domain. This, we recognize, is taking trade too far. We may trade in physical objects but not in spiritual value. Since many physical objects have spiritual value (ie they are carriers of meaning) trade in these is restricted too. We envisage a level paying field, a regime of free trade, but we recognize that there is difficulty in keeping free trade fair.
Here in the definition and implementation of free and fair trade, we find a role for religion. The act of faith that is necessary is that free and fair, rather than controlled and unfair, trade will make us all a happier and healthier species, more in harmony with our environment. This proposition is not obvious to many (particularly those benefiting from distortion) and needs to be proven. This is the role for theology, founded on the power of ordering and meaning to produce productivity and profit. The constraint is that our profit should be of our own creation, and not obtained by raping and pillaging other people, species or any other elements of our environment.
Against this argument of principle is the argument of ease: it is easier to steal things than to make them.
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Everything in the Universe is money and sex. Deighton, Mickey Mouse, page 123. Deighton
