Regardless of Cause,  we are still experiencing an effect.

   What If You Are Wrong? 

   Making Correctable Errors

   Can We Ever Know Anything with Absolute Certainty

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If we don't know the cause, can we ignore the affect?   

If humans are not the cause of Global Warming, we (the collective "we") are still experiencing a devastatingly destructive  weather changes.   Suppose for a moment that those who deny that human activity is the cause of Global Warming are correct.    Then what?   Does that mean we can simply ignore what is occurring on the planet.   

   Shall we simply allow all the mountain glaciers to melt and leave billions of people with out water in the dry season?    

   Shall we simply sit back  and allow Iceland and  Greenland glaciers to melt resulting in the stopping the ocean currents resulting in turning Europe into a mini-ice-age

   Shall we continue the wanton, wholesale destruction or our environment?    

   Shall we allow the oceans to rise forty feet, flooding out hundreds of millions  of people?

If human activity is  not the cause, we desperately need to know what is!    And we need to take whatever actions we can to Reverse Global Warming.  

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If you think that Global Warming is not happening, is it possible that you are wrong?   Have you ever been wrong?   When you were being wrong, did you know you were being wrong?  Is it possible that you could be wrong right now?   

Is it prudent to bet the future of humanity on your personal belief that Global Warming is not happening?   Is it prudent to bet your children's lives, your grandchildren's lives, the lives of over six billion other humans, and the lives of most other life forms on the planet?   

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The following section is taken from an interview with an angel of light pretending to be none other than "The Devil." himself.    (Ref:  An Interview with "The Devil"²)

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T.L.C.   So you’re saying that no matter what topic I focus on, it’s impossible for me to know all there is to know about it.

Big D   Yup!  Think of the last time you made a major error.   While you were being wrong, did you know you were being wrong?

T.L.C.   Of course not!   That’s the nature of being wrong.

Big D   And prior to making that error, if you’d had additional information, would you have come to different conclusion and taken another course of action?

T.L.C.   Of course!

Big D   So, what’s the difference between then and now?

T.L.C.   I now have an increased amount of knowledge, information, and awareness.

Big D   Do you think its possible that you could be wrong about something right now?  Could you be missing a vital piece of information without even knowing that that piece is missing?   Could something you think is true actually be false or vice versa?

T.L.C.   Yes, of course.

Big D   Let’s look at human awareness for a moment.   Life appears to function on a continuum between the two opposite poles on a scale we call consciousness.   On the God end is pure consciousness, and on the physical matter end there’s a rock which, from the human perspective, appears to have no consciousness at all.

Humans live in a unique position along that consciousness scale.   Humans are able to bridge the gap between matter and energy, between physical and non-physical, between no consciousness and total consciousness.   On that scale, humans are at the top of physical reality and at or near the bottom of non-physical reality.

In comparison to the super consciousness, which knows all there is to know, the amount of awareness that a human holds is so infinitely small that it is, in essence, nothing at all.   Einstein said that quite well when he said, “I now know that I know nothing.”

T.L.C.   And what do you suppose he meant by that?

Big D   You’d have to ask him to be sure, but here’s a reasonable guess.   Relative to all there is to know, what I know is so little, it’s nothing at all.   And as the Ancient Hermetic  principle say's,  All Truths are but half truths.²

T.L.C.   Well then, if you consider how limited the human perceptions are, we’re all, to use your elephant analogy,  peddlers of elephant parts.   

Big D   Amen!

T.L.C.   Hold the amen for a moment.   I’m not quite done yet.   I have one more question.   Given that we are aware of such a small piece of all there is to perceive, how can we be certain that we're doing the right thing in promoting or denying gay rights?

T.L.C.   Please offer an example of that.

Big D   OK. Here’s an example of what one might choose:

My basic context ² is to create the greatest love, the greatest joy, and the greatest freedom for myself and for the greatest number of others.   My context is to be positive or neutral in my effect on myself, on others and on my environment.

My context is to take actions that maximize love, care, and compassion for myself and for all others while minimizing the costs in time, money, resources, effort, and physical and emotional pain.   My context is to serve myself and my fellow God-Beings to the best of my ability.      Reference:  pt-31 ² 

Because I can never know with absolute certainty that my decision is the right one, I tend to be somewhat biased toward the side of correctible mistakes.

T.L.C.   How does that relate to the gay rights  issue?

Big D   Since we are talking about making very significant, life-altering decisions for someone else, it would seem reasonable that we should base our action on the available evidence and not simply from personal, religious beliefs.    Do we have a right to impose our will on the lives of other people?   Or is it more appropriate for me to honor God-granted right of self-determination?   Shall I force my ways onto others, or  shall I simply share my views with them, and then support him/her rights to make his/her  own choice regardless of what that choice is?   Or should I take the third option and simply stay away from both sides in this controversy?

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