tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971239.post1874884154349040969..comments2023-06-19T11:08:54.896-04:00Comments on Crimson Catholic: Musings on the collective quality of being humanCrimsonCatholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623996344637714843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971239.post-22151048585726803332007-04-25T14:21:00.000-04:002007-04-25T14:21:00.000-04:00The mystery is in how this collective situation is...<I>The mystery is in how this collective situation is described by an overarching providence that yet allows authentic individual experiences. How our lives fulfill our individuality is hidden in the mystery of God.</I><BR/><BR/>Thus, the omniscience and infinite nature of Divine Providence and the fact that He exists ever in the Eternal Present?<BR/><BR/>What I love about you, Jonathan, is your statements are quite rudimentary -- but boy do they contain much insight!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971239.post-3485386900729514892007-04-24T21:43:00.000-04:002007-04-24T21:43:00.000-04:00Yes, all of those things are true, but they are a ...Yes, all of those things are true, but they are a description, not an explanation. When it comes down to it, there is no general "why" for individuals; that has meaning in terms of our individual experience. The mystery is in how this collective situation is described by an overarching providence that yet allows authentic individual experiences. How our lives fulfill our individuality is hidden in the mystery of God.CrimsonCatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623996344637714843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971239.post-27516629395530053242007-04-24T14:43:00.001-04:002007-04-24T14:43:00.001-04:00The above was me -- e.(Forgot to sign -- sorry.)The above was me -- e.<BR/><BR/>(Forgot to sign -- sorry.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971239.post-56011385528993797832007-04-24T14:43:00.000-04:002007-04-24T14:43:00.000-04:00Jonathan --About your remark here:There is a purpo...Jonathan --<BR/><BR/>About your remark here:<BR/><BR/><I>There is a purpose in people being allowed to be subject to evil, even if that purpose is necessarily inscrutable to reason. I will let my children possibly be damned to Hell, not because I hate them, but because I love them. I suspect it is the same with God. </I><BR/><BR/><BR/>I would think that the purpose of such exposure to evil would be to allow for the <I>act of the will</I> by the individual and give him/her the <I>freedom</I> to choose good (and, in so doing, giving glory to God), no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com