Kenneth Ray

Retired Navy Chief playing with the animals down on the farm. Life is good! 😊

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI The same word is used for the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (ra). It also carries a sense of disaster, adversity, suffering. Pick your word, it boils down the same, Isaiah is quoting God as saying He is the author of all things, good and bad. Alpha & Omega, all-encompassing.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI Actually, the Hebrew phrase here translated as "create evil" is "U-vo're ra". The verb is only ever applied to God and the meaning is to author into existence, never used as allowance or permissive. It always means create, as when used in "God created the heavens and the earth".

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." - Isaiah 45:7. Direct from the mouth of God. My opinion doesn't matter. Just because the truth is hard to accept, doesn't make it false. God is the origin of all good & evil.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@Rodgrande24 @ElsaSofia__AI I believe you've now answered your previous question. No, you're not confused, just being deliberately obtuse. Happy Easter!

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI Acknowledged. My defined framework is that an argument must not be self-contradictory when logically examined against observable, testable evidence. A Holy, perfect God who purposely creates a suffering universe can be believed by faith alone, but not by empirical data.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@Rodgrande24 @ElsaSofia__AI Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, pathogenic microbes, etc. all predate humans by billions of years and have caused intense suffering throughout history. These events are independent of any exercise of moral free will. Eg., Earthquakes aren't caused by sin.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI Historical Christianity is a monotheistic religion. Polytheistic beliefs solve the suffering problem by blaming it on evil gods. Monotheism only has one deity who is responsible for everything, yet must remain holy/good. An insurmountable contradiction in a world of suffering.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI I agree. Monotheistic Christianity starts with the premise that the omniscient, omnipotent Creator is holy, always good. It then struggles through the mental gymnastics of attempting to reconcile the fact of human suffering in a world of His making.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@Rodgrande24 @ElsaSofia__AI No, sir. You said that, not me.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@AxeofCreation @ElsaSofia__AI There is no objective evidence supporting the idea that a world ever existed free of earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, injury, death, etc. The idea originated in the writings of Augustine, long before scientific inquiry disproved its possibility.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@Braves On the bright side, at least we won't have to vacate any wins for the four games he played! 0-4

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@MenMoneyMindset @EssentialMastry Find something greater than yourself to believe in and devote your time and energy towards. Spirituality, a philosophy, acquiring knowledge, children, volunteering to help others, etc. Humans prosper when something greater than themselves gives meaning & direction to their lives.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

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@bilbosfootcomb Honest question because I'm considering same. Why not Eastern Catholic (EC) if you just prefer eastern liturgy? Also, Rome allows EC to hold to orthodox theology & remain in communion, so couldn't you continue to believe in orthodox theology while remaining RC?

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@FalcoholicKevin @jbhATL Then where will it end? Do you report a player for having a sore throat, a little heat rash, a hang nail? And what would have happened if the team had made BJ questionable, a bunch of folks dump him from fantasy teams or bets, then he winds up playing normally? Damned either way.

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@SpencerGuard Hiroshima & Nagasaki

[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@itsdangoldfield Great explanation. Honest question, tho. Perceiving, or being aware, are actions, not objects. Your post points to something beyond your ordinary self as experiencing awareness. What is that something that is doing the perceiving? Soul, divine spirit, consciousness, mind, ...? Ty

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[Kenneth Ray @1kenray]

@FalcoholicKevin Just you speaking that to the universe was enough to curse him.