7 Levels of Philosophy

Level 1: Marx, Freud, Christ, Confucius, Jefferson, Washington
Level 2: Plato, Major and Minor Prophets, Solomon, Aristotle, Kierkegaard, Machiavelli and Eric Hoffer, Camus, La Rochefoucauld, Orwell, Bradbury, Huxley
Level 3: Tolstoy, Wordsworth, Byron, Keats, Coleridge, Lao Tsu
Level 4: Moses, Mozi, Mencius, Nietzsche, Jung
Level 5: Blake, Western and Eastern Mythologies, Tolkien, Lewis, Euclid, Lucretius
Level 6: Pythagoras, Christ and Confucius again, Ptahotep, Paul. You also realize Buddha and Kant said practically the same thing, and that all philosophy is cyclic. And that similar ideas produce similar effects on the consciousness, which produce similar behaviors.
Level 7: My Lanta, the Bible had it all and I didn't even realize it.

The King in His Beauty

I saw the King in His beauty
I saw the distant land.
The Assyrian came to kill me
Deeper speech they had which I could not understand;
And speaking with them wrought sorrows
And they could not understand me;
The scribes had all been wrong
And they that wrote down their wisdom could not be seen.
The Towers were then counted,
The Treasurer saw our debt was high.
Yet, it all came to the head,
When the LORD burned their armies alive.

On Grading a Math Paper on Rounding to The Decimal Place, and Adding a Zero to the Decimal to Hold the Place to Account for Minute Differences of Number

After looking at it, the teacher's right. I didn't see the whole instructions. She's just teaching her pupil about where the tenths and hundredths and thousandths are.{}

Not wrong at all. After looking at the directions. She's just teaching about where the tenths, hundredths and thousandths are.

I mean, would anyone do that in real life? No... the kid's correct in all but one of his answers, too. So, probably for habit, it's best he didn't follow through with the activity. As sometimes these kinds of things can confuse students. It's mostly all mathematically correct, but with the narrow instructions the Teacher's grade is correct... but why would you do that? That's a question in itself. So... a little interpretive power, the student didn't follow directions. Though, he got almost all the answers right.

I mean, should you have such directions? Eh... you know... that's a trippy one. I just think the student grasps the concept of rounding, so it should possibly be an A [instead of a C].

You learn something new every day. But, do Middle Schoolers need that kind of information [placeholding the Zero to account for minute differences of number it would determine in calculations]? I'd say, it's just the teacher trying to teach them where the tenths, hundredths and thousandths are. What you're talking about is Junior in College Math. Or AP placement. This isn't something you'd learn in Middle or Elementary School. And isn't something you'd use in pure Mathematics. I watch people do Geometric Proofs--a good channel--and he doesn't even do that. Not that I see. That's kind of nitpicky in its own right, and probably something you'd only need to learn in engineering. Especially since most measurements are irrational, I can see how this'd be too much and a little too narrow.

I mean... I see it from both perspectives. It's hard to say what the right answer is, but if she's just teaching him about where the tenths, hundredths and thousandths are, I can see why she's doing it. But, you know... what you're talking about is good for me--as a 35 year old man interested in math--but for a Middle or Elementary Schooler, it might be a little too advanced for them to truly understand. But, she's right in the sense that she's teaching them where the decimal is. You have to learn your ABCs before you learn how to read Chaucer. It's simple as that. She's teaching ABCs. And I'd say after looking at it, she did nothing wrong. It's just teaching where the decimals are, which the child needs to know.

I mean... I just think it may be a little too harsh, though. As if she's expecting the student to know what you're saying--that's something you shouldn't learn until you're in college and taking Engineering. And even then, almost all measurements are irrational, so it shouldn't even be an issue, as you're just nitpicking at that point. It's not wrong for the reason you're saying, is what I'm saying. You're doing Advanced Engineering, when this child is just learning ABCs and spelling. That's way too advanced for a fifth grader, and possibly for even a Freshman in College.

The Christian Prison Population

A Christian wants a quiet domestic life
And to feed on the breasts of his wife's nourishment
And to love his children, and to work for life and limb.

The Atheist will not let him have it
By disseminating cruel philosophies into the void.

Thus, they both commit their crimes,
The Atheists worse and more abhorrent
In its cruelty and callousness,
But calculatingly made legal,
So the Christian ends up in prison
And the Atheist sneers and say
"We commit no crime."

The Mad World

Palestinians and Jews fight to destroy each other.
Russians and Ukrainians fight to destroy each other.
Judicial systems are invaded by punks with Palestinian flags.
I say, "Shoot them all," in a moment of pride, but then understand.
Yes, but it must not be named, what I understand.
I support the Jew, but not a Holocaust. And I always have.

Karmelo Anthony

He needs help. I was just praying for him to find Jesus, but you're right. He does need a life sentence. Maybe even the death penalty. I mean, Moses murdered an Egyptian, and David Bathsheba's Husband, and Paul murdered a lot of saints before he met Christ on the road to Damascus. There is redemption for a murderer. But, there needs to be consequences. What he did was beyond the scope of reasonable. I think he's a perfectly sane individual, too, and there needs to be some manner of consequence for this heinous crime.  If in a State with no death penalty, then life without parole.

Moses' consequence was he had to wander with the Israelites, and never entered into Canaan.

David's consequence was constant war and strife at his borders.

Paul's consequence was imprisonment by the Roman emporium.

There's no need to feel a weight of guilt on you, for having sinned--as that Christ lifts off our shoulders--but there do need to be consequences for actions. Mercy shown where mercy needs to be shown, but he showed no such mercy to his victim, and doesn't seem to be that much bothered by it. Should he be bothered by it, and his conscience overwhelmed by the guilt, God will endear his heart toward salvation, and that is about all that can be done here.

The Sin of the Time

Oh, how I fell to the Sin of the Time!
It was there, so present, and none would
Render a recompense for its evil!
Until my tender heart said, "No more!"
And I was laid to burden under a heavy yoke.
There, my soul was crushed by Presbyterian preachers
And there my soul was surrounded by bloody men.
And out I came, and suffered under the yoke of Babylon
And then Satan whispered Sin into my ear;
So I will say, "'twas me."
I blasphemed in my heart and soul
And I committed a miserable offense against myself;
But, I still honor you Jesus
Lest you shake me off like a wasp
And smash me against the bricks.
You, only You know how to destroy me so utterly.
Yet, Bunyan and many other martyrs had the same
Whispers of Satan in their ears,
As Christian was beaten at Doubting Castle.
Let prosper me, and my soul...
For I am helpless my LORD, against it.