Think About It

 THINK ABOUT IT

 

ARC © August 20, 2022

 

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`Is there a God or Isn’t There?’ ongoing paradox:

 

`religion’ followers can be passionate in either or.

 

 Aseity academic term God exists of and from Himself:

 

opposite belief folklore describing magic being like elf.

 

 

Believers attest God is ALL, knows ALL, forever ALL:

 

KNEW a priori Torah/Bible/Koran…science/evolution. 

 

`Creator’ of ALL – nature/evil for otherwise no choice:

 

that is the paradox, for GOD then allowed evil voice.

 

 

I am a `white man’, I want independence/autonomy:

 

substitute other demographic, desire is same. 

 

I am a `__________’, I want equal rights/freedom:

 

`I have a dream… all created equal…’, TE DEUM.

 

 

 

I am sometimes challenged `gray’ area of thought:

 

not sure how I think about what is happening.

 

I immediately substitute my children in equation:

 

answer becomes crystal clear in thought/action.

 

 

 

Breakthrough came early 1970s daughter 1^st grade:

 

felt that teacher/school were treating her unfairly.

 

Solution removing her, place private school:

 

“You don’t please me; I’ll show you rule!”

 

 

Sad daughter had no choice but to obey:

 

Mom’s fury made decision to get even.

 

Until little girl under her care questioned:

 

if not good daughter, is same for her lesson. 

 

 

Epiphany of walk the talk illuminating:

 

Ethics of the Fathers became crystal clear.

 

Our universal kinship beckons equal one/all:

 

Love each other as self is divine/evolution call!

Aseity (from Latin ā "from" and sē "self", plus -ity) is the property by which a being exists of and from itself. It refers to the Christian belief that God does not depend on any cause other than himself for his existence, realization, or end, and has within himself his own reason of existence.

Aseity - Wikipedia

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Atheism Is Religion | Answers in Genesis

https://answersingenesis.org › world-religions › atheism...

 

Feb 20, 2017 — Atheists have an active belief system with views concerning origins(that the universe and life arose by natural processes); no life after death ...

A priori Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › a priori

 

Jul 11, 2022 — Definition of a priori ; being without examination or analysis : presumptive ; b · formed or conceived beforehand.

 

God says categorically he is the author of evil: “I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create evil; I, the Lord, do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7). Amos echoes this: “If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? (Amos 3:6).Aug 12, 2018

God is responsible for all the evil in the world (1)

https://www.vanguardngr.com › Columns › Article of Faith

https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

 

 

The "Te Deum" (/tiː ˈdiːəm/, Latin: [te ˈde. um]; from its incipit, Te Deum laudamus, Latin for 'Thee, O God, we praise') is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier.

Te Deum - Wikipedia

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An epiphany is an experience of a sudden and striking realization. Generally the term is used to describe a scientific breakthrough or a religious or philosophical discovery, but it can apply in any ...Wikipedia

 

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“IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF…WHO WILL BE?

IF I AM FOR MYSELF ONLY…WHAT AM I?

IF NOT NOW…WHEN?”

                                                                                                        Ethics of the Fathers 1:14

In the lifetime of your children…?

In your lifetime…?

This year…?

This day…?

If not now…when?

 

Look at your hand…

You can move it…as a caress or as a fist; to build up or to tear down; to give or to take.  Always, your hand can make a mistake or correct one.  Or it can do nothing.  So with your heart and your mind, as with your hand.  They can serve your need alone…or serve another…or serve no one.  The decision is yours.  This is the wonder, and the challenge, of our lives.  For the harsh fact of our lives is how free we are to do nothing.  Or to do the wrong thing: to hurt not only others but ourselves.  Yet the great thing of our lives is how free we are to start again; to find a better path from whatever wrong turn we, or our world, may have taken.  We are not caught forever in any effort or confusion.  The power is ours to move again.

         “IF NOT NOW…WHEN?”

 

Look at yourself…

For whom has the power to move been given if not for you; so that you can be responsible for meeting your own needs.  You have every right – indeed, the obligation – to do so:

         - the right to use your heart, and your mind, and your hand, to advance your standard of living; to enjoy the blessings which today's world makes possible.

-       the right to seek and earn the respect of those around you; to achieve recognition of 

your talents and efforts.  

And who but you should strive for a better life for your family, a promising future for your children?

“IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF…WHO WILL BE?”

  

Look at your neighbor…

Aren’t his children as dear to him as yours are to you?  Isn’t his self-respect as necessary to him as yours to you?  And if he is denied the freedom and opportunity to serve his own needs, to fulfill his obligations, to enjoy his rights, what happens to you?  For you are your neighbor’s neighbor.  And it is only together that you can possibly achieve the kind of community you want for yourself, for your own family, and for the family of man.

         “IF I M FOR MYSELF ONLY…WHAT AM I?”

 

Look at the world…

Even as we can reach out our hand to give or to take, to build up or tear down, so men everywhere can now easily move their ideas, their values, and themselves, to any corner of the earth – to give or to take, to build up or to tear down.  We are no longer alone; whether as an individual, as a family, as a community, as a nation.  We all live in one place.  What is happening “there” is happening here.  Thus, there is no longer any such thing as poverty “there.”  It is poverty here.  There is no such thing as oppression “there.”  It is oppression here.  There is no such thing as ignorance “there.”  It is ignorance here.  Again, this is the wonder and the challenge of our lives.  As we seek wisdom, and freedom, and sustenance for ourselves, we can only hope to reach and maintain these goals as we are concerned that others achieve them too, creating them together.

 

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“God:  we’re in trouble down here.

Please send help”.

 “I did:  I sent you”.

 

Because of its contents, it is also called Ethics of the Fathers. Pirkei Avot consists of the Mishnaic tractate of Avot, the second-to-last tractate in the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah, plus one additional chapter.

Pirkei Avot - Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin

The Formation of the Noösphere - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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The noösphere is the sum-total of mental activity which emerges out of a complex ... its place within the whole plan of the universe, both human and divine.