Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil?

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question: "Did God create everything that exists?"

Posted: 11:17:25 AM  

Is it possible for the rose to say, 'I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?'

Or is it possible for the lamp to say, 'I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people'?

Or can a tree say, 'I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad'?

These are images of what love is about.

Anthony De Mello, 1931-1987
Jesuit Priest and Author | www.inspirationpeak.com

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Posted: 8:58:51 AM  

I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die.

The truth is you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.

Anne Lamott

Posted: 8:49:19 AM  

A new sunspot is emerging over the sun's eastern limb and it could be a big one, at least by the standards of solar minimum. If you have a solar telescope, take a look.

Posted: 8:46:00 AM  

Behind the Queen's diamond wedding is the extraordinary untold story of how her marriage was almost scuppered by Philip's links to one of Hitler's closest henchmen.

Posted: 8:40:59 AM  

"It seems the monster is a new species," he told The Associated Press.

The reptile appears be the same species as another sea predator whose remains were found nearby on Svalbard last year. His team described those 150-million-year-old remains as belonging to a short-necked plesiosaur measuring more than 30 feet - "as long as a bus ... with teeth larger than cucumbers."

Posted: 8:36:14 AM