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A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #divinejustice #divinelove #divineplan #divinewisdom #evil #foodchain #God #Godslove #history #humancondition #intelligentdesign #malice #meaningoflife #predation #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #theodicy

A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #divinejustice #divinelove #divineplan #divinewisdom #evil #foodchain #God #Godslove #history #humancondition #intelligentdesign #malice #meaningoflife #predation #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #theodicy

A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #divinejustice #divinelove #divineplan #divinewisdom #evil #foodchain #God #Godslove #history #humancondition #intelligentdesign #malice #meaningoflife #predation #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #theodicy

A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #divinejustice #divinelove #divineplan #divinewisdom #evil #foodchain #God #Godslove #history #humancondition #intelligentdesign #malice #meaningoflife #predation #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #theodicy

A quotation from Ingersoll

For me, it is hard to see the plan or design in earthquakes and pestilences. It is somewhat difficult to discern the design or the benevolence in so making the world that billions of animals live only on the agonies of others. The justice of God is not visible to me in the history of this world. When I think of the suffering and death, of the poverty and crime, of the cruelty and malice, of the heartlessness of this “design” and “plan,” where beak and claw and tooth tear and rend the quivering flesh of weakness and despair, I cannot convince myself that it is the result of infinite wisdom, benevolence, and justice.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Essay (1881-11) “The Christian Religion,” “Part 2” North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 300

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #divinejustice #divinelove #divineplan #divinewisdom #evil #foodchain #God #Godslove #history #humancondition #intelligentdesign #malice #meaningoflife #predation #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #theodicy

Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣

I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.

#bushlife
#BlueMountains
#CircleOfLife

Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣

I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.

#bushlife
#BlueMountains
#CircleOfLife

Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣

I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.

#bushlife
#BlueMountains
#CircleOfLife

Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣

I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.

#bushlife
#BlueMountains
#CircleOfLife

Moments after this shot, the goshawk flew off with the body of its prey dangling—a brown cuckoo-dove. No pic, it waited till my phone was in my pocket & I'd started to turn away. 🤣

I've seen a few goshawks hunting brown cuckoo-doves—they seem to find them tasty, or other birds are better at escaping.

#bushlife
#BlueMountains
#CircleOfLife

found this cool beetle in the middle of the walkway after class yesterday and decided to coax it to the edge so it wouldn't get stepped on - later I googled it and found it is a non native species feeding on another non native species

#BugPusher #CircleOfLife

*sigh*

Older daughter at her master's degree graduation ceremony...

Younger daughter on the bullet train to Tokyo to spend two days meeting with future workmates at the job she accepted...

And Mom & Dad spent all morning getting them out of bed on time, driving them to the station, packing boxes for the movers to collect tomorrow morning...

#circleOfLife

Did you know that farmed animals are typically bred in highly specialised, intensive industrial facilities? 👀 With taryn4theanimals.pt2 (IG) #chicks #circleoflife #farming

There’s nothing natural about breeding billions of animals just to take their lives. 💔 That’s not the circle of life - that’s the system we created. 😠 Break the cycle - go vegan. 🌱 #circleoflife #veganshare #veganism

People are shocked to learn the real meaning behind The Lion King’s ‘Circle of Life’ song

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/people-are-shocked-to-learn-the-real-meaning-behind-the-lion-kings-circle-of-life-song/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-are-shocked-to-learn-the-real-meaning-behind-the-lion-kings-circle-of-life-song

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

   A devout clergyman sought every opportunity to impress upon the mind of his son the fact, that God takes care of all his creatures; that the falling sparrow attracts his attention, and that his loving kindness is over all his works.
   Happening, one day, to see a crane wading in quest of food, the good man pointed out to his son the perfect adaptation of the crane to get his living in that manner. “See,” said he, “how his legs are formed for wading! What a long slender bill he has! Observe how nicely he folds his feet when putting them in or drawing them out of the water! He does not cause the slightest ripple. He is thus enabled to approach the fish without giving them any notice of his arrival.”
   “My son,” said he, “it is impossible to look at that bird without recognizing the design, as well as the goodness of God, in thus providing the means of subsistence.”
   “Yes,” replied the boy, “I think I see the goodness of God, at least so far as the crane is concerned; but after all, father, don’t you think the arrangement a little tough on the fish?”

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois

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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

   A devout clergyman sought every opportunity to impress upon the mind of his son the fact, that God takes care of all his creatures; that the falling sparrow attracts his attention, and that his loving kindness is over all his works.
   Happening, one day, to see a crane wading in quest of food, the good man pointed out to his son the perfect adaptation of the crane to get his living in that manner. “See,” said he, “how his legs are formed for wading! What a long slender bill he has! Observe how nicely he folds his feet when putting them in or drawing them out of the water! He does not cause the slightest ripple. He is thus enabled to approach the fish without giving them any notice of his arrival.”
   “My son,” said he, “it is impossible to look at that bird without recognizing the design, as well as the goodness of God, in thus providing the means of subsistence.”
   “Yes,” replied the boy, “I think I see the goodness of God, at least so far as the crane is concerned; but after all, father, don’t you think the arrangement a little tough on the fish?”

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #creation #divinefavor #divinegift #divinelove #divineplan #foodchain #God #God'slove #intelligentdesign #lovingkindness #predation #predator #providence

A sea lion hopped on a woman's boat to escape a group of killer whales and the footage is wild

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/killer-whale-attack-sea-lion-ex1

A sea lion hopped on a woman's boat to escape a group of killer whales and the footage is wild

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/killer-whale-attack-sea-lion-ex1

A sea lion hopped on a woman's boat to escape a group of killer whales and the footage is wild

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/killer-whale-attack-sea-lion-ex1

A sea lion hopped on a woman's boat to escape a group of killer whales and the footage is wild

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/killer-whale-attack-sea-lion-ex1

The cherry tree provides moss for the squirrel's nest. He gathers the #moss in his little mouth. This keeps his little ones nice and warm.😍🤗 That too is the #circleoflife #luftlesen
#Nature

A mother cheetah teaches her cub how to hunt on the Masai Mara. It took mother two hours to finally catch the gazelle. This is nature taking its course ~ hunter and prey, the endless circle of life…

#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Photography #Cheetah #CircleOfLife #MasaiMara #Africa #Bigcats #CatsOfMastodon #WildLifeWednesday

A mother cheetah teaches her cub how to hunt on the Masai Mara. It took mother two hours to finally catch the gazelle. This is nature taking its course ~ hunter and prey, the endless circle of life…

#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Photography #Cheetah #CircleOfLife #MasaiMara #Africa #Bigcats #CatsOfMastodon #WildLifeWednesday

A mother cheetah teaches her cub how to hunt on the Masai Mara. It took mother two hours to finally catch the gazelle. This is nature taking its course ~ hunter and prey, the endless circle of life…

#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Photography #Cheetah #CircleOfLife #MasaiMara #Africa #Bigcats #CatsOfMastodon #WildLifeWednesday

A mother cheetah teaches her cub how to hunt on the Masai Mara. It took mother two hours to finally catch the gazelle. This is nature taking its course ~ hunter and prey, the endless circle of life…

#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Photography #Cheetah #CircleOfLife #MasaiMara #Africa #Bigcats #CatsOfMastodon #WildLifeWednesday

A mother cheetah teaches her cub how to hunt on the Masai Mara. It took mother two hours to finally catch the gazelle. This is nature taking its course ~ hunter and prey, the endless circle of life…

#WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Photography #Cheetah #CircleOfLife #MasaiMara #Africa #Bigcats #CatsOfMastodon #WildLifeWednesday

@RejoinEU Money to be made there …
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gammon hoists the flag
💷 We sell the flag
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gammon buys the flag
#CircleOfLife

To bee or not to be.

#photography #lizard #bee #nature #circleoflife #BackyardWildlife

Damn ok. Here's my unpopular opinion opinion for the night: if you see religion and leftism as being antithetical, you've lost the plot, honey. They're, in essence, the same thing. So critique those power structures, but the phenomenon itself, it's your friend, not your enemy. Both are pointing to the same thing.
#religion #leftism #communism #anarchism #circleoflife #Buddhism #taoism #liberation #liberationtheology #hottake

Damn ok. Here's my unpopular opinion opinion for the night: if you see religion and leftism as being antithetical, you've lost the plot, honey. They're, in essence, the same thing. So critique those power structures, but the phenomenon itself, it's your friend, not your enemy. Both are pointing to the same thing.
#religion #leftism #communism #anarchism #circleoflife #Buddhism #taoism #liberation #liberationtheology #hottake

Damn ok. Here's my unpopular opinion opinion for the night: if you see religion and leftism as being antithetical, you've lost the plot, honey. They're, in essence, the same thing. So critique those power structures, but the phenomenon itself, it's your friend, not your enemy. Both are pointing to the same thing.
#religion #leftism #communism #anarchism #circleoflife #Buddhism #taoism #liberation #liberationtheology #hottake

Damn ok. Here's my unpopular opinion opinion for the night: if you see religion and leftism as being antithetical, you've lost the plot, honey. They're, in essence, the same thing. So critique those power structures, but the phenomenon itself, it's your friend, not your enemy. Both are pointing to the same thing.
#religion #leftism #communism #anarchism #circleoflife #Buddhism #taoism #liberation #liberationtheology #hottake

"Believe" is a song by English musician #EltonJohn. It was the first single from his twenty-fourth studio album, #MadeInEngland (1995), and was released on 20 February 1995 by #Rocket. Several versions of the single were released, featuring B-sides such as "#CircleOfLife" from #TheLionKing and live versions of tracks including "#TheOne," "#TheLastSong," "#SorrySeemsToBeTheHardestWord," and "Believe," which were recorded at the #GreekTheatre in Los Angeles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABSXJiYQFuI

A quotation (maybe) from Charles Mackay

There is no such thing as death.
   In nature nothing dies.
From each sad remnant of decay
   Some forms of life arise.

Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
“There Is No Such Thing as Death” (1849?)

Sourcing, extensive notes: wist.info/mackay-charles/78435…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #charlesmackay #circleoflife #death #nature #rebirth

#Mockingbirds don’t visit the backyard feeders, they prefer to hunt for live food, but they are always around. This is a parent with a freshly caught treat for its open-mouthed fledgling, which it proceeded to pass over to it a few seconds after this photo.

#MondaysAreForTheBirds #birds #photography #backyardbirds #BackyardWildlife #nature #circleoflife

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
   HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
   CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4075/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #circleoflife, #meaningoflife #naturalorder #nature #predation #purpose

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
   HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
   CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4075/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #circleoflife, #meaningoflife #naturalorder #nature #predation #purpose

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
   HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
   CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4075/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #circleoflife, #meaningoflife #naturalorder #nature #predation #purpose

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
   HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
   CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4075/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #circleoflife, #meaningoflife #naturalorder #nature #predation #purpose

Look into their eyes and tell them this is just the circle of life. 🐖💔 👉 Watch The Hidden Lives of Pigs — a 10-minute film that exposes what the industry hides: hiddenlivesofanimals.com 🐷 #circleoflife #veganism #veganshare #pigs #animallover

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #animism #circleoflife #gaea #cosmos #life #pantheism #unity #universe

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #animism #circleoflife #gaea #cosmos #life #pantheism #unity #universe

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Constantly think of the Universe as one living creature, embracing one being and one soul; how all is absorbed into the one consciousness of this living creature; how it compasses all things with a single purpose, and how all things work together to cause all that comes to pass, and their wonderful web and texture.
 
[Ὡς ἓν ζῷον τὸν κόσμον, μίαν οὐσίαν καὶ ψυχὴν μίαν ἐπέχον, συνεχῶς ἐπινοεῖν καὶ πῶς εἰς αἴσθησιν μίαν τὴν τούτου πάντα ἀναδίδοται καὶ πῶς ὁρμῇ μιᾷ πάντα πράσσει καὶ πῶς πάντα πάντων τῶν γινομένων συναίτια καὶ οἵα τις ἡ σύννησις καὶ συμμήρυσις.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 40 (4.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2677…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #animism #circleoflife #gaea #cosmos #life #pantheism #unity #universe