So, what do you think?
Is the creator of the universe all-loving (and unable to do certain things), or all-powerful (and chooses not to help)? It seems to me that his power has to be sacrificed to some degree in order to permit freewill. It's the only way “voluntary love” could happen. But, there's a tradeoff ... “voluntary HATRED” can also be the result.
If it's true (that he's not all-powerful) we should probably re-evaluate prayers we make asking him to control the actions of others ... like protecting the people of Ukraine from the Russian invasion.
It also means that WE are the only ones able to alleviate a lot of the suffering in the world. If we're going to do it though, we need to get started. Our time is limited. Our BLIP on the eeternal calendar is very small!
As far as we know, there's no other intelligent life in the universe besides that on the earth. In fact, there may be no other life PERIOD! So, as we face WARS, “climate change", and COVID etc.
It's best if we never forget ...
We really ARE our brothers' and sisters' keepers!
-- Being an "EARTHLING" on a lonely Planet
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Dick McMahon
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