Lack of reason is the problem...

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In Reply to: SEC rules ... Are not a law of physics... posted by John Marks on March 30, 2014 at 18:32:29:

Interestingly, there is nothing in the bible to indicate Cain bothered to formulate a sound "reason" for doing what he did. Cain did what he did while caught up in a flurry of anti-reason.
As the Bible story goes, after God dismissed or disapproved of Cain's SACRIFICE (not indicated to be a rejection of Cain himself) the jealous, upset, and unreasonable Cain is depicted as having lost his ability to learn. Reasonable assurances from God himself, to the effect that everything might be just fine again if Cain kept on trying, were unable to penetrate Cain's defensiveness. And because Cain was no longer in a mood to listen to the old God who had embarrassed him so, Cain determined to create an entirely new world order for himself.
Vegetable farmer Cain then bitterly and mockingly "sacrificed" livestock rancher Abel to a new god, the god of Pride and Power. Bitterness and sarcasm characterized the new world order as Cain, mocking both God and Abel's sacrifice to God, sacrificed Abel as if he were just another lamb culled from the flock.
Swaggering onwards, Cain then mocked both Abel's former profession and God's loving nature in his flippant reply before God's face ("Am I my brother's KEEPER?").
God knew then that Cain was in full psychotic flight, and that there was simply no trusting him after that point. God therefore banished Cain to the nether regions of the earth. The rest is "history"...
If anything, the Big Book teaches us that the lack of reason is our biggest problem.

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RE: Kickstarter - or - fantja 15:16:20 03/31/14 (0)

SEC rules ... - Bromo33333 17:34:49 03/30/14 (7)

Yep............ - Todd Krieger 16:53:42 03/31/14 (0)

SEC rules ... Are not a law of physics... - John Marks 18:32:29 03/30/14 (5)

You are missing the point ... - Bromo33333 19:57:51 04/01/14 (2)

Yes you can--it just might be contrary to a rule, regulation, or state or federal law - John Marks 08:06:50 04/02/14 (1)

RE: Yes you can--it just might be contrary to a rule, regulation, or state or federal law - shutterbob 12:45:50 04/02/14 (0)

Lack of reason is the problem... - genungo 09:29:54 03/31/14 (0)

Sounds a lot like the plot of "The Hudsucker Proxy" to me - vinyl phanatic 19:35:52 03/30/14 (0)

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