Submissions by Jordan (D.O.C.)

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The Other Brainless "Design" in Default of a Design

"In and of itself bad, Pain alone has Objective Value for
all conscious, feeling beings --
both human and nonhuman --
explaining why no such being wishes to be ripped apart and eaten alive."
-- the Realist,
a conscious, feeling being of Reason

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For every tiny sparrow in its nest,
still several nestlings fallen to the ground
not being yet by Nature dispossessed
a moment brief rest safe, secure, and sound; ...