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Why Do Innocents Suffer If GOD Is Just [1] [2] [3] [4]
[Part 2] Not Right That Innocents Should Suffer.
Not Right That Innocents Should Be Punished Together With The Guilty
Suffering is a consequence of evil (in the creation), the consequential spiraling effects of evil in the creation and not necessarily a punishment from GOD contrary to the evil lies of the evil proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of religions especially blatantly evil monotheistic religions proclaiming themselves as from GOD. GOD in HIS infinite (i.e. total and complete absolutely unlimited) knowledge and wisdom has ordained (i.e. created, and established or instituted to a purpose) a physical realm where the effects of evil can be swiftly catalyzed and magnified so that the lessons of evil in the suffering and destruction that evil causes when intelligent and empowered personages choose to do evil through implicitly holding themselves to be the be all and end all in their habitat (i.e. the environment and realm of their existence) can be fully understood by HIS creatures personages, both the Spirit Angels of Heaven and mankind, in the process and short time frame that GOD had set (i.e. determined and apportioned) before time began.
This GOD does so that HIS intelligent creatures, all those who sincerely want to learn about the empowerment in themselves that they have been granted the power ability to within themselves choose, determine and set the course and direction of their lives and ultimately the determination of what they will become in the creation whether to seek good for all or to seek to do evil against others whenever it becomes expedient for them to do so. This is the empowerment of having freewill and being intelligent then having the power to act to cause an effect to themselves and to their habitat which includes to those sharing the same living environment with them. It is a simple lesson which a lust driven world social, political, religious, economic, academic, scientific and all the knowledge disciplines, just plainly (in deliberated stupidity) refuses to understand.
Even though GOD had acted on several occasions in the past (and also will act at any time according to HIS purpose that HIS will and purpose ultimately will stand, be effected, done and accomplished) to punish andor destroyed the wicked as a stop gap measure against evil in the social order of mankind. These GOD did not so much to punish but more to thwart and slow the pace of evil in the creation to allow for the GOD ordained process and timeframe (Ecclesiastes 3) for evil to be fully and completely expressed by and exposed in the motives behind the conduct (John 16:8) of the creature personages so that those personages willing to learn to make a determination for themselves to not and to never do evil (Acts 17:30, 26:20; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 9:20 – 21) may understand how evil is connected to their conducts and behaviors seeded in their motivations because of pride (ego lust), lust (of seeking what is evil to have andor to do including in communication) and greed (taking too much as opposed to enough or what is a fair or right amount with taking others into consideration).
This GOD does more as an indication (because there is no finality or end to these acts of punishment and destruction, they are just on going piece meal acts, done to slow the progression of evil in the creation for and until the appointed time for GOD to end evil in the creation finally and forever) to the actual and final punishment and correction in the Great Judgment. The Great Judgement is when all mankind who have ever lived, will be brought back to life to be thoroughly and completely punished for their sins and evils committed during their (first) lifetime, finally correcting most; and completely destroying all the rest (in 'Gehenna' fire) who refused to mend their ways, all who refused to be corrected (Revelation 21:8). This is the appointed time in the final process when GOD will finally and forever, bring an end to evil in HIS creation.
This (all that is discussed so far from the first installment to this point) is something the Christian Holy Scriptures explicitly, plainly and clearly recorded (Revelation 20:11 –14) which evil religions, especially the two largest so called Abrahamic religions in deliberated pretend stupidity refused to really understand. They do this so that they can implicitly proclaim of a sadistic, unjust and evil so called just and merciful God who wants them to, and authorizes them to force people through sadistic tortures and violent brutal murders, to believe in them that they are the supreme (as the ultimate definer of what God is and isn't and the only one who has the supreme rights to rule over and enslave all others to their lust fueled blasphemous doctrines) proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the ALMIGHTY GOD (which they in brazen and blatant blasphemies claimed is their gods, the gods and religions they proclaimed). Now anyone who is not a complete total idiot and moron (in spite of their high IQ, of being highly educated andor of having tons of knowledge) would have easily seen through these lies of these evil religions that they do these so that they can get all the lust driven mankind to support them, these proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of these evil religions, to give them their derived power (derived from and through getting all to totally worship and obey them to do their bidding to harm, torture and murder others) to go conquering (Revelation 6:1 –2) so that they might be able to carry out their personal evil "religious" agenda to rule over all of mankind "on behalf" (as is their claims but seriously if you are not stupid you would or should anyway know that it is all about them that all should worship that is obey them?) of their religions and their gods.
Reality Of A Common Shared Dominion
In the social order of mankind as far back as we have historical records, we witnessed not only nations but families whether in times of famine, disease, natural calamity, conflict (whether personal, tribal or national) and war; peoples sharing some sort of social links such as social values and beliefs (even more so when they are living in the same geographical location) often perished or are afflicted (by these causes), together.
Today it is still mostly the same. Today even more so when total strangers travel together in any vehicle of public transport, or live in the same building, when the vehicle (especially if passenger planes) we are in crashes, or when the building we are in burned down or collapsed (a vivid example is the case of the New York Twin Towers brought down by two fuel laden passenger planes commandeered by Al Qaeda terrorists), all those in them (including in the two planes) who were unable to escape (by pre chance or by vigilance) commonly all perish together regardless of how good or evil they were. The obvious evident truth witnessed fully and extensively today is that evil in the reckless irresponsible acts of the general population of the world have seen the seas filled with rubbish waste and harmful chemicals, air in many major cities filled with smog (i.e. smoke from the emission of factories and transport vehicles, land clearing by burning, burning of construction waste, agricultural waste and leftover trash of human activities), which has for political expediency been termed as haze.
For some two decades now the clearing of forest land for commercial purposes through burning in Sumatra and Borneo has resulted in the air of neighboring countries (especially Sumatra, Singapore and Malaysia) polluted with from unhealthy to very hazardous haze (i.e. KL smog see photo above – left clear day, right unhealthy level smog termed as haze).
This is the reality of our existence in a common shared dominion; the reality of a share habitat tying most to all in it, to a common shared fate (as of something happening to all sharing a common living space, and not about predestination or the pagan concept of karma). When nations go to war against one another, or when glory lust drives kings (i.e. politico-religious militarized leaders) to undertake military excursions to go conquering, all those nations and people that fall in their path to lust glories, becomes prey and collateral damage to their plundering, ravaging, rapes and slaughter. Being innocent do not and cannot spare anyone from being victims and preys to the situational, and events especially the evil endeavors and excursions of the wicked that are the norm of the current anti GOD world social order.
This is one of the most crucial aspect to the lesson about evil being linked to its social order; that as long as there is evil in the social order, no one in it can expect that the harm spawned and generated from evils will not affect them at all. This is even more true when we are to consider the context of eternity and when evil is not being restrained. GOD who according to HIS foreknowledge and wisdom created the our universe in an ordained automated (or independent self generating) process that would produce live on this planet until the appointed time for HIM to put us on this planet is not so contradictory (contrary to the lies of evil religions proclaiming themselves as from the CREATOR GOD) that HE would not allow the natural order to take its due course, negating HIS purpose for creating such in the first place.
If you think the Christian Holy Scriptures can be believed, you would (or should anyway) know that without restrains (i.e. unchecked by some mitigating factors) evil will eventually consume the entirety of the social order as had been absolutely proven in the Antediluvian Age and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. In both situations every little child and baby grew up to be not just the exact copies of their parents as far as embracing evil as the conduct of life is concerned, but each succeeding generations progressively becoming more perversely evil than the previous one.
This is an essential reality and truth which the Scriptures emphasized, and this truth is that as long as evil exist in the creatures, all creation ultimately in the time period of eternity, will be imparted, harmed and consumed by its spiraling ravages.
Even the faithfuls of GOD cannot expect nor demand GOD to protect andor deliver them from the trials and travails (including sufferings of persecution and torture and even a horrible death) that are part and parcel to and of this temporary existence. This is especially true when they are not separated from, or are unable to separate from, places where these persecution are taking place. This is not to say that GOD cannot, will not or does not protect and deliver HIS faithfuls, just not in every situation and every single time. Their bearing with and enduring persecution to the point of death is the testimony to their unwavering faith in and commitment to GOD that their death in this life is just a temporary step to their forever power glory as Gods (John 10:34 – 35), Sons of GOD (Luke 20:36; Romans 8:19) and a brother (Matthew 12:50, 28:10; Romans 8:29; John 20:17) to the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
This is because GOD promise to the true Christian through the New Covenant (which only applies to the true Christian and not all the fake and fraudulent identity thieving so called Christianity believed by the world order to be Christianity) is more about the forever without end inheritance and reward (including immortality) they will receive at the time when LORD JESUS returns in the Second Advent, than it is about a life (in this period of the Age of Man) without sufferings (in tests and trials) even to the point of a horrible death such as those suffered by many of GOD's Prophets and nearly all the (twelve) Apostles of LORD JESUS. On the contrary, the terms of the New Covenant actually required Christians to bear with sufferings (as part and parcel of their calling throughout the duration of this temporary life of at most around a hundred and twenty years) and even vicious persecution of sadistic torture and brutal murder (Luke 21:16 – 17) as a testimony (to the whole social order of disbelieving mankind) to their faith and confidence (Luke 1:4; Hebrew 10:23; 1 Peter 1:20, 4:19) in GOD's promise to them of immortality and a forever (suffering free) happiness (Revelation 21:4) when LORD JESUS will return as HE said HE would in (Acts 1:6 – 7, 11) with the forever lasting rewards for all HIS faithful Chosen (i.e. Saints). This same Covenant also required the faithful Christians to prove at anyall times and under everyall conditions, their faithfulness and sincerity to this Covenant no matter what befalls them (John 12:25; Luke 21:16). So if even the righteous cannot expect to not have to suffer in this short temporary life why would anyone else think or imagined they have any right to expect as such?
Truth is, even now in these last days of the Age of Man as the world careens towards the coming Great Tribulation, GOD as loosen the checks (i.e. the mitigating restraints) on evil in the world, evil has already consumed nearly the entirety of all the self perceived supremely enlightened, merciful and holier than GOD people and nations of the world where the 'politically correct' social values are already way more perversely evil than those of Sodom and Gomorrah which had led to the destruction of these twin cities by fire from heaven (Genesis 19:24; Luke 17:28 – 30; 2 Peter 3:7). The seeds of lawlessness, sown by a holier than GOD and so called oh so loving and merciful world order where everyone is fixated and obsessed with their purported sacred rights to freedom to say and do whatever they want (instead of conducting themselves responsibly), has spouted and will soon consume the entire world in the days of the prophesied Great Tribulation.
We Are (By Default) For Them If We Are Not Against Them
If we are fully a part (this is from the context of us identifying with it through active participation especially in social andor political activism of actively and even aggressively promoting some values, views or beliefs, behaviors, agenda, activities andor 'information or knowledge') of a social order that is clearly (i.e. very plainly evident) evil from the conduct that is embraced and espoused (as a totality producing a gross effect and especially a net effect which sows and perpetuates evil), we cannot absolve ourselves of guilt for the evils committed in and by the prevailing and presiding social order.
If we are not against the world (i.e. the evils of the world) we are naturally for it (Mark 9:40). If we are not actively avoiding and steering clear of its evils through not participating (i.e. complicity of participation) andor endorsing (i.e. culpability via approval) then we are effectively contributing to (i.e. culpability from being a part of and even worst promoting) its activities that are evil. Please note that here I have separated participation which is in going along with, differentiating it from contributing, which is adding to, even though going along with can be construed as adding to from the context of giving support. But it is important to separate activism (i.e. advancing, promoting and pushing an agenda) from non activism (i.e. of just going along with, just from being accepting, moderate andor tolerant).
While Christians are to live peaceably with others, meaning to not content with andor go to war against (i.e. waging or engaging in conflict to suppress or to force into submission) others (Romans 12:18; Matthew 5:39 – 45), this however does not mean that Christians are to be accepting or even tolerant of their value system and lives conduct. We live with them (i.e. shared a living space or living habitat) but we are not one with (i.e. are separated from) them (John 17:15). While Christians are required to put up with (i.e. bear or endure) evil (even when it targets them) we (i.e. those who are true (as opposed to those brazenly lying identity thieving fraudsters) Christian seeking to do GOD's will) are also required to always act out of good will (i.e. to sincerely seek for good to do good and not repay evil with evil but evil with good).
These all are the reasons the Scriptures clearly and explicitly commanded true Christians to be not a part of the world, to not love (which includes participation, endorsement and promotion) any part of the social order (i.e. the goals or agenda expressed in political andor social activism) of humankind (John 12:25, 15:19, 17:14 – 16; 1 John 2:15).
When others do or seek to do evil and we choose to remain neutral, conceptually we are accepting the evil they do as permitted and therefore there is nothing wrong or unacceptable with what they are doing. This translate as us approving the evil even when we did not directly take part in it. The key term here is not to remain neutral' which translate as accepting but it does not require us to confront or seek to neutralize the evils (which would amount to activism). We are to stay away from and leave situations were evils are being perpetuated andor sown.
When we know that someone is going to commit a crime or is committing a crime but we did not report it, we are complicit by knowledge.
There is an exception to this. This is when we know that even if we reported these crimes those who legally have the power authority to stop the crimes will not do anything effective to end these criminal acts by these criminal elements (i.e. these crimes will continue on to be committed even if we were to report them), or the power and ruling authorities are conspirators with these criminals either through corruption or in other ways.
A good example of this was the situation of Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah. Whatever Lot could do there would not result in the perpetrators of evils being stop but would instead cause him and his family to become their target.
However the one thing that Lot could do and should have done would have been to pack up with his family and leave but he did not. Herein lies his sin. Here is where the Scriptures commanded us to be wise as serpents. The Scriptures at no point required us to be stupid but contrary requires us to intelligent (i.e. wise, meaning the intelligent sensible and rational use of knowledge).
This is also the very reason almost all the Islamic nations (nations that have Islam as the ruling or political authoritative religion as well as with Islam as the officially sanctioned religion) of the world together with many to most (i.e. near all to all the pious disciples of the Islamic religions, all its various sects and iterations wherever they may be in the world in any numbers) were for many decades (with some to many still to this day) complicit with and therefore co-conspirators with so called radical Islam and terrorism (i.e. the murdering and torturing of people so as to terrorize or inflict terror upon them, as an expression religion).
Only very recently with the rise of ISIS (aka ISIL or Daesh) which seek to rule over (i.e. to replace all the other proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of Islam who do not pledge allegiance to them, as the supreme authority of their religion) have many of these nations started to brand them as misguided Islam. Only then did they finally begin to vocally (though even then only in a very subdue manner as opposed to when they implicitly encourage and support the violent carnage by the masses under their political power against all those who they perceived as offending their religion and prophet) condemned the acts of these Islamic terrorists notable ISIS (aka ISIL or Daesh).
Christians are commanded to never be yoke together with (i.e. have a share in) those who are evil; meaning that Christians should not if they have a means and a way to get out (Revelation 18:4), be living in places where explicit brazen evils abound. These are in the concepts of complicity by association andor culpability by allegiance. If you find yourself living in a place where evil abounds, lurking in every nook and cranny, you should endeavor (on a sincere true best effort) to move away and not be adamant in continuing to stay there as Lot did in Sodom and Gomorrah.
In the account on and about Sodom and Gomorrah, how many of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of supreme Bible expertise, enlightenment and knowledge even remotely understood (so as to then consequently teach) that as Lot was living in and therefore complicit by association to the sins of these two cities, Lot (including all of his family or household under his authority) too shared their fate when the twin cities were conquered and all their inhabitants (including Lot and his family and all their properties) were carried off as captive slaves. This is even despite Lot not participating in the evil but was greatly grieved by all the evil he witnessed daily but yet for some "very, very strange" reason he chose to remain).
So when the twin cities were destroyed by fire from heaven, Lot and his entire family too would have perished if not for Abraham's plea to GOD thereby standing in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30) and GOD spared Lot and his two daughters, his wife perishing because she willfully disobeyed the command not to look back. But Lot's wife was not the only one who looked back, Lot did the same when he chose to reside and chose to continued on to reside in Sodom and Gomorrah which were very clearly literally sin cities. Abraham pleaded (though in a very indirect manner) with the Angel of the LORD for Lot to be spared (Genesis 18:16 – 32) in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
It should be understood that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire from heaven was made necessarily due to the earlier intervention of Abraham to save Lot when the twin cities together with Lot and his entire family were carried off as war booty by the four kings in their conflict with the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their allies.
This was when Abraham gathered his servants to rescue Lot and together with Lot the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah after they had been taken as war captives. GOD granted Abraham victory over the four kings and rescued his cousin Lot. This is because Abraham had found favor (i.e. grace) in the eyes of GOD.
Sodom and Gomorrah being carried off as war booties was the naturally ordained process in the social order of mankind whereby GOD brings an end or to cut short the extreme abominable evils ( which in this case was these two cities). This is the GOD ordained 'natural' process to slow the pace and progression of evil in the current world order until the appointed time.
In the current social order of mankind starting from when Noah and his family exited the Ark that saved them from the Antediluvian Flood, as a rule (with few exceptions) GOD uses other nations or people to conquer and destroy the peoples and nations which have crossed a certain threshold (or so called red line) in how totally or completely these have embraced to sow and spread extreme abominable evils in their social order.
When Abraham gathered his servants to go and save Lot and his family, Abraham disrupted this 'natural' GOD ordained process. Therefore Abraham's act to rescue his cousin was from a strictly contextual sense an act that amounted to going against what GOD had ordained (aka GOD's will). But from the full context of GOD's will it is still within GOD's will as something GOD allowed so as to effect something of greater importance (or in this specific case, greater impact). In this particular case, GOD not only allowed Abraham to save his cousin but also blessed Abraham with success and victory.
If you can understand this then you would (or should anyway) be able to understand how evil in the creation in the absolute sense (because it is something GOD allows so that the truly intelligent creatures who are sincerely seeking for good may understand how evil is related to their motivation and conduct) is according to GOD's will but in the contextual sense it is not GOD's will but as something GOD allows but neither desires nor wants. GOD allows it so as to bring about (i.e. to effect or to accomplish) something that is more crucially important. And this more crucially important thing is to complete (i.e. to make perfect) the creation through ridding evils from being ever entertained thereafter in the hearts and minds of the intelligent creature personages forever thereby resulting in a creation that will forever be free from evil.
Creation, the perfecting (or the completion) of it, is a process exactly as reality, life and living is a process. Reality, life and living are not disjointed and disconnected instances of events as evil religions and science in deliberated stupidity (Proverbs 14:8, 18:2, 19:3) all pretend to not understand so they can malign and mock i.e. blaspheme (Psalm 74:18; Proverbs 1:22) GOD while they pursue after to carry out all the evils they lusted after.
During the time of the Antediluvian Age, three righteous men stood out against a whole social order of mankind, all acting in bad faith and treacherous behavior (of making use of GOD's name to advance themselves and their evil agenda to exploit, subjugate and harm others) against GOD. Abel because he conducted himself rightly and spoke out what is right, his elder brother murdered him. Enoch because he testified against the evils of his generation, they all seek to kill him just as Cain murdered his righteous brother Abel. Noah too would have been a target of the murderous rages of his generation except that his building a great huge ship on a land far from any large body of water turned him into an object of scoffing and mockery by his generation.
Whether they are the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of science, academia, religion (all religions including the three major so called Abrahamic religions) and all the school of thoughts and knowledge expertise and enlightenment, one thing few seem to understand is that mankind, starting from the first family of Adam and Eve, have not only just rejected GOD as their GOD and SOVEREIGN, they have all (with very few exceptions in those whom GOD have prepared and called) become enemies of GOD, living our their lives in constant opposition against HIS Law and commandment that require them all to both love HIM as their CREATOR SOVEREIGN and to love one another equally. They all would (if presented with the power and opportunity to do) seek to murder GOD if GOD can be harmed or killed.
That was the reason the Jews (but not just the Jews because they just represent mankind as the Type to all people who claimed to believe in and to love GOD) conspired and had JESUS CHRIST murdered. JESUS CHRIST was born as a SON of man for many reasons and one of these reasons was to absolutely prove beyond any doubt, reasonable or unreasonable, that mankind would even murder GOD if ever and whenever they should be able to do so. That was also the reason the very first righteous man (because he both believed and obeyed GOD) who ever lived was murdered by his own brother (and enemy). That too was the reason a whole world of mankind (as the enemy of GOD) during the Antediluvian Age seek to murder Enoch, the second righteous man who ever lived.
For centuries after the Church of GOD was founded until just some over two hundred years, true Christians (because they have been the only ones who actually believed and obeyed GOD) were mostly to totally persecuted, tortured and murdered by mankind starting with the evil Jews, then pagan ancient Rome and after that the evil Christmas religion as well as all other religions (if ever and whenever these come into contact with true Christians) until around the last two hundred years (when true Christians were again able to openly practice their faith and worship in many of the nations in this world).
While today true Christians are able to openly practice their faith and worship in most (but still not all) countries without directly persecution by the enemies of GOD, however in a short less than two decades from today (2017 C.E) near all of mankind who truly are the enemies of GOD will again gain the power impunity to be able to persecute, torture and murder the Elect (the true worshipers and believers) of GOD, once again proving beyond any doubt that they will if it were possible murder even GOD.
So therefore there are really none who are innocent from this context as every baby who grow to adulthood too becomes GOD's enemy, an enemy who would not hesitate to harm and murder even GOD if it was possible for them to do so. This includes even those who have entered into a covenant with GOD to accept GOD as their GOD, SOVEREIGN RULER and OWNER. While the seed of a disease parasite may as a seed seemed to be harmless (i.e. innocent of infecting anyone) but it will in due course grow to become a parasite or disease. No one sane seeking to wipe out a disease parasite will leave these seeds of the disease parasite to unharmed so that they can grow to be a full blown disease and death causing parasites that they are.
For the reason of the common fate GOD destroyed all of the Antediluvian Age but preserved not just Noah but all his entire family from that worldwide destruction . GOD who created the creation (i.e. our reality) do not work to invalidate or nullify reality, contrary to the lying doctrines of the evil proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of religions. Some may asked, 'what about the children of Job whom GOD killed, how does common fate explain this?' This we will discuss in the next installment 'Part 3 – The Covenant With GOD'.
Of Society, Nationhood And Leadership
It is an obvious fact that if we (i.e. our brain as a part of our whole body, the part that controls the rest of the parts of the body) made a stupid or reckless decision to do something, we (i.e. the brain and mind) not only put some parts of or even the entire body in harms way. Every one who has ever through their own acts suffered injuries or other form of harm or died prematurely (i.e. outside of the natural death of old age) the part of the body responsible is the brain or mind as it is the one in control of the whole body.
The similitude of this is the human social order whether a family, an organization or a nation. When those in the leadership leading and governing the country seek after evil, ultimately near everyone (all those who do not have enough power to escape the harm) will suffer the consequences depending on the extend of the harm that resulted. Very often other nations too especially those which are closest in proximity suffer the consequences of just one leadership of one nation whether in failure or other reasons bring harm to their subjects and all those around them.
From our history records as far back as we have some records, to this very day this is a fact and truth. Just the last two centuries we have witness the horrible suffering, death and destruction wrought by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Communist Soviet Union and the evil they did not just to their own nations and all in them whether innocent babies of otherwise, but also to many of the neighboring nations too.
Today we still see a so called radical Islam supposedly the religion of peace, wagging wars against the people of the rest of the world especially those they considered to be unbelievers (i.e. all those who will not far down and worship them as gods in place of the CREATOR GOD). And in every nation where the leaderships fail to effectively act against this evil ideology (this incidentally is literally every single nation on this earth today), their rampages of brutal sadistic violence against everyone else whether innocent babies and children, have been wrecking carnage and suffering in all the places they are able to directly reached through all those who sold their souls and mind to buy into their evils of lust for the supremacy to totally control everyone, sadistic violence and sexual orgies in heaven. The world (i.e. the shifters, shakers, movers and shapers of the social order of mankind) had more than half a century to put in place measures against so called radical Islam. Irregardless of whether you would choose to believe it or not (i.e. to in deliberated stupid choose to refuse to believe), radical Islam had its beginning in the days very soon after the end of the Second War and slowly progressed (or if you being a ultra mega supreme super genius scientists or atheist would prefer — evolved and mutated) to be what it is today. But not a single leader of a single nation on earth paid any attention to it until their very own nation is affected by it.
Today with around two hundred sovereign nation states in the social order of humankind, GOD had proven to us through very evident indisputable proofs of the evils of bad and evil leadership over the entire human social order in every nations on earth. This is the reason in every single nations of this world today (some more so and others lesser) all manners of social ills (i.e. physiological ills, psychological ills, civil disorder, criminal activities, state sponsored andor sanctioned murders and other crimes, rampant injustice and miscarriage of justice, etc.) have plague the entirety of the human social order ever since Adam and Eve. This is also the reason from the very beginning of human civilization to this very day, criminal violence and wars have never ever stop begin a plague to the human social order.
But that is just the tip of the giant iceberg. If you think the Christian Holy Scriptures can be believed, evil leaderships have also corrupted and plague a very huge part of the Heavenly Hosts, all the Spirit Realm of Spirit Personages (aka Spirit Angels) beginning from perhaps billions of earth years ago when a high ranking Angel having high authority turned his mind and hearts (i.e. his thinking, contemplation of motivation) over to lust instead of the Love commanded by GOD. This Angel then begin to work to turn many of the other Spirit Angels of GOD over to the same lust and through this lust to embrace deceitfulness, animosities, disdain and bitterness.
There Is Really None Who Are Innocent
Every single baby and child no matter how innocent unless their lives are mercifully cut short, will grow up to be an adult. And every single adult irregardless of sinners or Saints are evil, they will do evil when tempted sufficiently. No one is good but GOD (). Conceptually (if we all will not choose to in deliberated stupidity refused to comprehend) is that no babies or children are truly innocent because given enough time and the natural process in the human social order, every one of them will all grow to adulthood. It is a very simple thing. A baby or child is just the preparatory stage not the final one (before death unless their lives are cut short before that) which is adulthood. Therefore in the final analysis no human being is innocent so there is none innocent, absolutely.
In our social order today more than at any other times in the history of human civilization, good and evil is more understood than ever before. This however is not to say that good and evil is actually (i.e. accurately and precisely) understood at all except in the most rudimentary concepts of harm, and of what is desirable. Yet despite knowledge (and by right the enlightenment that would come with it) in near all aspect of our physical reality and behavioral motivations, great violence and carnage continued on to the plague the human social on every level. This should tell us that children all inevitably grows into adult adopting in varying degrees the values of caretakers (i.e. all those who have so authoritative influence over them), peers (all those they associate with on the same level of authoritativeness) and social order (the combined net effect on them individually in all that they encounters, interact with, look to for knowledge, expertise and guidance).
In ancient times right up until some two to three hundred years ago, almost the entirety of the human social live out their lives within the confines of the neighborhood, district, city/town/village, region and country. And near all of babies grows up with values of the area where they grew up, play, work, have relationship and live out their lives. Even in cases where strangers bring in new belief systems and the entire region embrace and adopt these belief they however do not result in a universal good but the same evil (primary of lust including ego gorging lust) express in a different way or with a different focus. So the entrenched evil in the human social order whether in a person, family, village, district, country or region remains essentially and effectively the same throughout the history of human civilization until today. And all the babies born into them grow into adult that express evil in their conduction. The evil is the same it is only the expression and focus that is different. This is the precise and exact reason why the human social order has never ever been free of evil from its very beginning until today.
Technology today especially the internet and mobile multimedia telephony, has empower more than half of all the people living on this planet with the information and knowledge to make effectively intelligent choices in their lives. This has given human kind more than ever before the knowledge empowerment to free themselves from the social conditioning to the traditional values and beliefs they grew up with. But if you have been discerning, you would (or should anyway) have noted that evil in the world have not diminished at all but actually increased. If you have clue what this would tell you, you shouldn't be reading this discussion and this work, period.
But this is not all, the fact is even all the Angels (the Spirit creatures of GOD) of Heaven, every single one of them will over time turn to evil if not for the fact GOD rules over them in Heaven. That is the ultimate reality of the intelligent creatures, all intelligent creature personages, that without the mitigating fear of harm and suffering to themselves every single one will in the course of eternal time embrace lust as the motivator of their conduct. This is the reason GOD create first the Spirit realm for the Spirit personages (which religion especially the so called Abrahamic religions referred to as Angels) where GOD exercise direct rule over and a physical realm which is our universe left under the charge of a team of Spirit Angels. The physical realm our universe is that which science proclaimed was created by a Big Bang of something (whether a near vacuum or of dense energy, gas or whatever) or nothing (whether a quantum vacuum of a single, dual or three dimensional point proclaimed as THE Singularity), depending on which science you chose to recognized and totally believe in.
If you do not do evil because you do not have the power whether cognitive intelligence or functional capabilities, it does not translate to you being blameless even though from the context of not having done something you can be considered to be innocent or blameless. But in the context of will you still be so blameless or innocent when once you are able to gain the power to be able to do evil, you definitely cannot be considered to be innocent andor blameless. This is because inevitably if you have sufficient power to do evil, you will once it become expedient from slight to totally, for you to do so. And that is where innocent babies and children are at. They are not innocent per se but just not yet evil, because given enough time and allowance for them to grow to maturity they will indeed also do evil and be evil just as every human who had ever live and will ever live (during this Age of Man) had and will do evil and thus become evil (as of one who have done and will do evil) in due course unless their lives would be prematurely cut short.
A case is point is the current human social order. With nearly six thousand (ten thousand, a hundred thousand or multiple millions depending on which historical "facts" you choose to believe in) years of human history behind us, and knowledge of all kinds and all nature easily accessible to more members of mankind than ever before, yet almost every single one of mankind have chosen to believe all manner of ridiculously insane lies in the system of beliefs they subscribe to whether these are religious or "non" religious. But all these paled in comparison with all the supremely supreme "enlightened and intelligently wise" proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of every discipline and school of thoughts and knowledge from ego supergorging science and philosophy, to all those of lust driven religions and other equally lust driven system of beliefs whether explicitly brazenly evil or implicitly brazenly evil; all these the supreme elites of the social order of mankind, they have all pretended stupidity so they all can pretend to not understand very simple things.
You can read about the discussions on this lust of mankind to believe all manner of ridiculous lies in the following links:
5. Omnipotent, Omniscience And Omnipresence
6. Believe In GOD And Believe GOD
7. The End Of The World Or Not Part 3
8. Readers' Question Why Do Innocents Suffer (this discussion)
9. The End Of The World Or Not Part 4
10. The Meaning In the Word GOD
12. The Tree Of Life
King Solomon was (i.e. if you think the Christian Holy Scriptures can be believed), the wisest man who had ever lived, and by that fact he was also the most stupid from choosing not to control his lust for women and consequently became unfaithful, chose to be unfaithful to GOD who had anointed him as King to succeed his father, King David. It is a very simple lesson; you may have all knowledge and all wisdom but if you do not act accordingly but chose to act contrarily to give yourself over to any kind of lust, all the wisdom and knowledge that you have are effectively meaningless to you, to no point and purpose for you to have them.
Another simple lesson from King Solomon is the fact that children no matter how well taught may as adult still turn to evil, to do exceedingly great evil as their freewill choice as intelligent personages empowered by knowledge yet chose to give in to lust, refusing to act out of love for the good of all. And that is the same reason everyone, every single member of mankind who have ever lived turned to evil, choosing to let their lusts rule over them and determine their behaviors, how they conduct themselves through the process of their lives. Lust is the universal slave master, it enslaves everyone, every creature personage whether mankind or Angelic Spirit personage, who would not restrained and fight against to overcome it in themselves. This also is the ultimate absolute proof of free will, which today many ego mega supergorgers proclaimed as does not exist in order to explicitly malign GOD.
It should be noted that in ancient times, from as far back as we have historical records until beginning from around three hundred years ago (when a slow progressive change began with the Industrial Revolution) the social values and consequently the life expression of conduct and social values is rooted in the social norm of the prevailing social order which were centered on livelihood framed by irrational beliefs, taboos and superstitions. In such a confining social order, babies invariably grow up into copies (from the context of social behavior and conduct) of their parents and other adults expressing the same life values and social (including religious) behaviors.
Today in many backward (especially agrarian, though not exclusively) nations (or certain areas within nations) this is still predominantly to almost totally true.
The advent of modern formalized and institutionalized academic higher education especially tertiary education together with global mass communication and an easier and speedier international travel, have empowered more individuals to strike out from the social norms, values and preoccupation to explore and adopt values outside of those inculcated through their social norms and social order. But even with this the spiral of entrenched evil is not just not broken but actually magnified and enhanced.
In all the varying social values of the world today, all babies still invariably grow up to be adults of varying degrees (i.e. extend) of wickedness. As the Scriptures testified, 'There is none righteous, no, not one'.
NEXT >> [PART 3]: If GOD Is Good Why Doesn't HE Protect The Righteous From Harm And Sufferings?
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This amazing vehicle is a Polaris SlingShot. The husband of one of my co-workers brought it by the office a few days ago, and needless to say, it was getting a lot of attention in the parking lot. It's an automobile/motorcycle hybrid (an "autocycle" if you will).
So I took a few photos in the parking lot, but decided it was too lovely a vehicle to have all of the parking lot distractions around it. I knocked out the background and "built" a studio background for it in PhotoShop. Just for fun, and to prove a point that you can't believe everything you see, I changed the color as well. Granted, the reflection is not correct, but that's because I didn't want to spend anymore time on working on this one photo. To appreciate the beauty of this ride, you really should click the photo above to see the full-size image.
Here's the original shot below. What can I say? The girl's got some mad PhotoShop skillz. :)


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Rising demand for factory automation, to create more demands for installations of industrial doors and drive automated industrial doors market which is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 4.8%Published Date: Dec 2017
According to a new market research study titled 'Automated Industrial Doors Market to 2025 – Global Analysis and Forecasts by Systems, Components and Application', the global automated industrial doors market was valued at US$ 1525.10 Mn in 2016 and is estimated to reach US$ 2266.22 Mn by 2025. The report highlights the trends prevalent in the global automated industrial doors market and the factors driving the market along with those that act as deterrents to its growth.
Factories and manufacturing units held the largest market share in 2016 owing to significant rise in industrialization which led to emergence of various factories and manufacturing units across the globe.
Factories and manufacturing units are the major applicable industry verticals generating revenues in the automated industrial doors across the globe. The rapid rise in industrialization led to increase in various factories and manufacturing units, and with the adoption rate of automation among the manufacturing units in the developed countries, the automated industrial doors market is also expected to surge over the period from 2017 to 2025.
The major driving factor for the automated industrial door market in factory and manufacturing units is the increased operational efficiency and enhanced security of the automated doors. Moreover, the doors of factories and manufacturing units are operated heavily for the vehicles or machineries to ply in and out, and the traditional factories and manufacturing unit doors are comparatively slower in operation and require more maintenance than the automated doors.
The global automated industrial doors market has been segmented on the basis of design type into sectional overhead doors, rapid roll fast action doors, folding hangar doors & others. Automated industrial doors find their applications in the industry verticals by which the market is segmented as factories & manufacturing, airports & ports and commercial. Geographically, the global automated industrial doors market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Middle East & Africa (MEA) and South America (SAM).
The automobile industry is expected to witness a steady growth and drive the growth of automated industrial doors market. The key industry participants operating in the field of automated industrial door across the globe includes ASSA ABLOY, Record, Hart Door Systems, Gilgen Door Systems, Gandhi Automations Pvt. Ltd., Al-Barrak Industrial Group, Novoferm, Maviflex, CASIT s.n.c. di C.C. Ramella & C., and RTJ Automation & Maintenance Limited among others.
The report segments the global automated industrial doors market as follows:
The report segments the global automated industrial doors market as follows:
Global Automated Industrial Doors Market – By Design Type
Sectional Overhead Doors
Rapid Roll Fast Action Doors
Folding Hangar Doors
Global Automated Industrial Doors Market – By Industry Vertical
Factories & Manufacturing
Airports and Ports
Global Automated Industrial Doors Market – By Geography
North America
Rest of Europe
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Middle East & Africa (MEA)
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South America (SAM)
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Kiss my BooBoo
This is Cnurse...she was my partner in crime today. I thought she had the head gear because she was beating her head against the wall all day! Actually the Surgeon gracing us with his presence is a bit slow...the first case was very long so to prepare herself for the next case she put some padding on her head so it wouldn't hurt if she fell asleep and hit her work table...We've been very short staffed this week and it's been a juggle job to have all staffing in the rooms. Cnurse is our charge nurse and usually doesn't have to work in the OR rooms except to give breaks and lunch. Not this week! So on top of her charge duties, she did OR duty too. Good job! We have a fun staff that will pitch in and work on days off (Donna!) or stay late. We even had a nurse get hit by a car crossing the street from the employee lot ...and then after the ER patched her up she insisted on going back to work! I mean she was hit, rolled over the car hood, landed on the street, crawled up to the sidewalk so she didn't get run over again...walked herself into the ER...not kidding! She was very bruised up and her elbow was killing her but nothing broke. She's a good bouncer! What saved her were all the magazines she was carrying in to put in the waiting room for our patients. She landed on them (mags not patients)..well tomorrow is Friday and it's a doozy day too. So go hug a health care worker, you never know if they've just been hit by a truck or something!
13 comments:
- AmandaRose said...
very funny photo!!
- August 19, 2010 at 11:58 PM
- Fickle Cattle said...
That is crazy! Lol.
- August 20, 2010 at 1:48 AM
- PoetessWug said...
Your photo and the way you told the story about the 'Bouncing Surgical Nurse' made me howl with laughter!!! I'm a new follower of yours and I can see I'm going to enjoy your writing style...I was a Nurse's Aide for years too, so I know what it means to be short staffed. Lots of antics ensue just to keep you from ripping out your hair! LOL
- August 20, 2010 at 5:15 AM
- Donna said...
That CNurse, she's a thinker!!! Planning for the eventuallity of all things!!! lol...to tell you the truth, I think I may have blinked once in that case too! And poor Dnurse...what a trooper she is telling the ER doc that she wanted to go back to work...he asked her "what?" incredulously, because most people want off not to head back to work. Nurses are "tuff", and no credit....good post!
- August 20, 2010 at 7:50 AM
- Grandma Yellow Hair said...
Too cute! You ladies have to have fun to get thru your day.
Ya Ya I have a surprise for you come by and see
- August 20, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- CailinMarie said...
oh my goodness.
Really hope your friend who got hit is okay!!!
Hope ya'll have a good weekend.
- August 20, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- Rose said...
what a story about the cnurse. it's amazing about the accident and walking to the ER. This is a crazy life. rose
- August 21, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Rose said...
hi! back again. thanks for your comment on my blog re soldiers. So sorry to hear that a young man from your town died in the war. I hate to hear that young men are dying they have just started life.Take care ROSE
- August 22, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- femme hesse said...
Just stopping by to say hi and yes, you most definitely ought to give life to your artistic passion!
Peace and Love,
- August 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- Bernie said...
What an interesting post! I just finished a book about doctors and their internship and all the rush and mayhem that occurs and the shortage of sleep and workers.
You have an interesting life. If I had it to do over I would be a doctor or something like that. When I graduated you became a teacher, a nurse or a secretary and those were your choices or a Mrs. degree. I chose secretary first and then went into teaching.
The LIR classes do not give grades and I could not teach one anyway. But thanks for the compliment.
Dodger is a good dog. I have had him alone now for 5 days and we get along just fine. Thanks for your visits.
- August 23, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Holyoke Home said...
I thought maybe she was just REALLY sweaty that day.
- August 23, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Rose said...
jumping back thanks for your comment on my blog re Paris. yes, i loved the movie, The French Kiss. I have to rewatch it when it's on tv. have a good day. #2 of this trip I plan to post in a few days. take care,. rose
- August 24, 2010 at 3:38 AM
- Sue said...
That padding on the head nurse's head is hilarious. She must be a riot.
I do appreciate all of the nurses that work so hard to make patients comfortable. Having a good nurse makes such a difference when you're in the hospital. You guys are pretty great.
- August 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM


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Here I am again, Abba. How often do I seem to want to stray away from your heart? My heart's desire is to be wholehearted, childlike, and mature in my trust in you and in my love for you. And yet, I find myself again and again throwing a childish fit when I don't receive what I think you want for me. I don't want to disqualify myself when you don't disqualify me, but I don't want to make a religious excuse for my sin either. I love you, Abba, and I want to please you in everything that I do. I didn't please you yesterday, and I missed a great opportunity to partner with you in prayer. Please forgive me and set my heart again in the place of wholehearted devotion to you. You are my greatest treasure and my greatest pleasure, and I don't want to sacrifice your presence on the altar of my own selfish desires that don't really satisfy anyways. I know that I can only love you as much as I receive and understand how much you love me. I sign up again to love you with all of my heart, soul, mind, and strength, Abba. In Yeshua's Name, Amen.


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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Pez Handel
Last night, I attended a pipe organ concert with the music teacher from my school. She majored in the instrument in university and she is a student of the classical genre, so it was both enlightening and entertaining to go with her to something that I would never realistically seek-out on my own.
The pipe organ is a curious instrument. It produces sounds that you naturally can only hear directly from a few select places on Earth - most of them being places "of God." It's really only comparatively recently that secular places have included them in their own performance architecture. Calgary's own Jack Singer Concert Hall has one of the largest pipe organs in Canada, though I've never heard it played. The one here at Seoul in Sejong Arts Centre is named as the largest in Asia - it's an impressive site, and it's pretty amazing to see the little doors and walls open and close to produce the higher octaves.
But it is a curious instrument. I asked 성숙 what drew here to the instrument - away from the piano - in university, and she replied that it was the complexity and power that drew her there. Fair enough. There were times last night when David Sanger, the organist brought in for the concert, looked like Captain Nemo stirring the depths in his Nautilus and playing his pipe organ like a madman - feet dancing across the pedals and hands flying across five sets of keys and hundreds of stops. At times, the music was undeniably stirring and it shook the concert hall. There were other times however when it was just plain weird. I'm not sure that the pipe organ is something I could listen to with regularity outside of perhaps 1930s horror films or the 1970s era Chicago Stadium.
The Hallelujah Chorus, with the addition of a 50 piece orchestra and a 40 member chorus was certainly a highlight, but the most memorable moment was when an empty seat in the row in front of us was suddenly occupied. Neither 성숙 or I had seen the person enter the seat, but suddenly, there she was - just this non-descript head of black hair. 성숙 pointed at the strangers head in fear, just as the organist launched into a particularly sinister moment in his concerto. I remarked that the woman was a ghost and that she had no face. 성숙 then leaned forward to look more closely at the woman's face from the side and reported back to me in ominous tones that she, the woman, had "one eye".
I realize that the humour doesn't translate in written form, but that was enough to send us both into quivering, then crying, giggling hysterics. For about 5 minutes we had tears streaming down our faces, trying to not be too conspicuous in the concert hall. The only comparable moment that comes to mind is this.
The concert was interesting, but it left me rather cold regarding the instrument. It's big, it's complex, it's purposes seem designed for the grand, for the masses, not for the personal. Of course, that depends on what is being played, who is playing, and for whom. When we got back to 성숙's apartment, I asked her to play something on her own rather gargantuan pipe organ that takes-up more than half of her home office. After some protest, she reluctantly sat down and gently played an impossibly layered and symphonic version of "Happy Birthday." It was, as she would say "my joke."
So here's to the June birthday's in my life - most notably, Shaners, Pauline, my Auntie, my Dad, and my best friend in Korea who I will be celebrating with this evening.
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When a mom chooses a name for her brand-new baby boy or baby girl, she is giving him or her a gift that will last a lifetime. That is why it is important for a mom to choose the perfect name for her child that they will grow to love a much as she does.
When picking a name, it is a good idea for a mom to also know the meaning of the name and its origin. Although, that does not always matter because, at times, we fall in love with a specific name the first time we hear it. When that happens, we instantaneously know that it is the perfect name for our child. It just sounds perfect with the way it just smoothly rolls off of our tongue, and it also looks perfect and appealing when we see it written or if we write it out ourselves. A mom's child will thank her when they grow up for picking out an amazingly beautiful name for them, and that is a something a mom should be proud of.
It doesn't matter if you are having a little boy or a little girl because we have compiled a list of 12 perfect girl's names and 12 perfect boy's names that even your best friend will want to steal from you. So, don't be surprised if your best friend gets pregnant and you both have children with the same name! Just remind her that you came up with the perfect name first!
24 Mia
Mia is the perfect name for any strong little girl to have. It is of Latin origin and means "wished-for child" and "rebellion." It is very popular in both Spanish and non-Spanish cultures. It is beautiful, sweet, and right to the point. It's the kind of name that mom's baby girl will easily be able to learn how to spell very easily. Mia's have this deep desire to use the abilities and things they are capable of to achieve leadership. They also use their abilities to achieve independence.
In other words, Mia's typically grow up to be very successful, strong, and independent women. They don't need to rely on anyone but herself because she is able to achieve anything she puts her mind to. They welcome change, are easily excitable, and love adventure - they definitely are not bland or boring females. Mia's tend to see the brighter things in life which help with their success in life. They are able to make friends easily and usually full of energy.
23 Lily
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They are blessed with the wonderful gifts of being artistic and creative. Lily's are a powerful force to the people whose lives they touch in an inspirational and caring way. They value justice, truth, and discipline and does not get along very well with others who do not share their same values. They sometimes tend to have high expectations.
22 Madison
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Madison's tends to be optimistic and live their lives to the fullest they can. They love to be the center of attention and dream of being in careers where they can be in the limelight. They love to take on new things and challenges. Their only downfall is that they can sometimes become a bit reckless with their finances because they love to shop and have the best of everything.
21 Kaylee
Kaylee is a sweet and playful name that originates from Greek, American, and English. It means "pure" but in English, it can also mean "keeper of the keys." So, this baby girl will be ahead of most of the world because she most likely will never have to worry about losing her keys. It could also mean that she has a gift for being helping to find others keys. That can definitely be helpful to any busy mom.
Kaylee's love to inspire other people, especially if it is for a great cause that they truly believe in. Mom's precious little girl will love to share her own personal views on anything and everything but is even more interested in sharing their views regarding spirituality. Kaylee's tend to love adventure and excitement, especially if it can help benefit their own personal growth as young women. They are also very intelligent, optimistic, they make friends easily. However, they can be a bit restless because they usually have high energy.
20 Kylie
When moms decide to give their daughter the stunning name Kylie, they grow up to be strong and successful women. It is of Gaelic, American, and Australian origins. Kylie is the feminine version of Kyle. That would make the perfect names for a brother and sister. Kylie has a desire to be adventurous and to be able to travel the world. They want to break free from tradition and set their own pace in life.
Kylie's obtain great power and wealth, just like Kylie Jenner, they are competent and practical. They are typically very successful business women. They are able to achieve great things and get the material things that they desire. They have a very strong focus on business and achievement. The only downfall would be that they sometimes neglect their private life and relationships due to their strong focus on business. They set high expectations and goals for themselves. Kylie's tend to like to make a name for themselves – they want to be their own person without to follow in someone else's footsteps.
19 Layla
Layla is the perfect name for any sweet little girl. It is of Sanskrit, Egyptian, Persian, and Muslim origins. It means "born at night," and the additional meaning of this beautiful name is "sweetheart" in Muslim. Layla's tend to have a strong desire to give and receive love and compassion. They have huge dreams of wanting to work with others to achieve peace and harmony - which they tend to yearn for.
They want balance and harmony in their everyday life. Layla's get moved very easily over the beautiful things that life has to offer. They are all around good girls, and they make friends very easily. Everyone will see their sweet side and just feel like they have to get to know her better. They tend to be very helpful and can be perfect daughters, friends, and when they get older - girlfriends.
18 Ariana
Ariana's tend to be go-getters. They know what they want out of life and are not afraid to put in hard work to get what they want. It is of Greek, Latin, American, and Welsh origins. It means "Holy One," but in Latin, it also has a meaning of "Holy mythological Ariadne." But in Welsh, it can also mean "silver." Girls with the name Ariana can express themselves in amazing ways through their creativity. They don't mind speaking in public, and they love anything that has to do with acting, singing, writing, dancing or anything else that lets them be creative.
They love to be surrounded by beautiful things whether it is at home, in school, or eventually at work. Ariana's can usually achieve great power and wealth in the future when they put their mind to it. They tend to be very smart and competent. They are also usually good at achieving the material and non-material things that they desire the most, and part of that is due to the fact that they make excellent businesswomen. Although, since they tend to get wrapped up in their business goals, the sometimes let their private affairs slack.
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17 Skylar
Skylar is the perfect name for any mom who wants their daughter to become a great leader. It is of English and American origins, and it happens to be the phonetic - and more popular - spelling of Schuyler. Baby girls who are given this name grow up to have this burning desire to use the abilities and strengths of leading others and to have more freedom and independence. They prefer to focus on issues that are important to them.
Skylar's are motivated by adventure, change, and excitement. They are versatile and tend to be very dynamic. However, they are also not too fond of authority and rules which is due to their love of feeling independent. They are optimistic, have lots of energy to the point where they tend to feel restless if they are not busy doing something. Skylar's can be quite rebellious at times. They are easy to get along with and can make friends with almost anyone rater easy.
16 Nevaeh
Nevaeh is a gorgeous name for any little girl to carry with her for life. It is of English origin, and is the backward spelling of "heaven." It is a contemporary name that was invented in 2001, and it has gained quite a lot of popularity in such a short amount of time and is still very popular today. Some moms have also altered the spelling and used "Neveah" instead. It is a very beautiful name regardless of how a mom chooses to spell it.
Nevaeh would be a reminder, to any mom, that she was able to get her very own slice of heaven. As of this year, 2018, just 17 years after it was created, it ranks in at number 86 on the popularity charts. That may not seem very impressive, but when you think about the thousands upon thousands of baby names available to choose from that have been documented, being at 86 is still an amazing spot.
15 Hailey
Hailey is an adorable name for a mom to give her baby girl. Her daughter will definitely grow up to love this name. It can also be spelled as Hailie, like Eminem's daughter. We think the "Y" at the end of it makes it looks even more precious, but whatever way it is spelled, it will still look good as well. It is of English origin. Hailey is a variation of the surname Hayley, which is derived from Hale or Hales that means, "residing in a nook, recess, or remote valley."
It is also after the place named Hailey, in Oxfordshire, and is composed of the Old English words for "hay field." Hailey has risen 26 points to number 39 on the name popularity charts since 2017 when it was at number 65. That is a pretty amazing improvement in the two months since 2017 ended.
14 Ally
In Celtic origin, Ally means noble which interprets into harmony, stone, and noble. It was also the name of a saint and it was brought back to Britain during the Norman Conquest and remained popular until the middle ages. It was revived in the 19th Century. In French, American, and English origins, it refers to the 13th Century meaning of nobility. This name has also become extremely popular in Scotland.
Ally's make great leaders and strive for personal independence. They also like to focus on popular, yet important issues. They are okay with change and love to do anything that may seem adventurous and they are also easily excitable. They can sometimes rebel if they feel something or someone is trying to take away their independence. Ally's can also tend to be quite messy, especially when they are younger - they don't really like chores but will do them when mom has asked a few times. They also make friends easily.
13 Serenity
The name Serenity is very beautiful and a little different. Serenity is of English and French origins. It has the peaceful meanings of "serene" and "calm." The word serenity is defined as - "the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled." We think that would be the perfect name for a baby girl. This name, during the hippie era, was derived from the adjective "serenity" which meant "peace and grace."
If mom would choose Serenity as the perfect name for her little one, her baby girl would be a joy to be around at all times. As she grows and starts making friends, she would be able to become friends with anyone and people would love to be around her. She would be the type of girl who would try their hardest not to judge anyone.
12 Silas
Silas is a name for any handsome little boy. It is not entirely common, so it would be great for moms who want a normal sounding name that is not overused. This name is of Biblical, American, English and Latin origin. It means "three or third," "forest or woods," and "God of forest and woods." Boys with this name will love the outdoors, and they are also not followers - they tend to be leaders.
They prefer to be independent and pride themselves on their independence and are proud of their many capabilities. Silas's appreciate harmony and balance in their lives. They respond positively to beautiful things and that also includes the beautiful things in their everyday lives. They are also appreciative of nature and may also like to go camping and hiking.
11 Xavier
Xavier is just a beautiful and popular name for a good-looking boy. It is of Basque, Spanish, American, and Arabic origins. It means "owns a new house" and "bright." Boys with this name desire a loving family, stability, and a close-knit community. They have a great need to be with others and to feel appreciated. They are very bright and great at analyzing things, understanding things, and learning.
They can sometimes get lost in their own mind which can make them, at times, lean more toward being quiet and being more of an introvert. Boy's with the name Xavier make excellent teachers, mystics, philosophers, and scholars. When problems or issues arise, they are capable of seeing the bigger picture of things. Even though they are usually introverts, they can make the best of friends and are trustworthy and reliable.
10 Wyatt
This name is gaining a lot of popularity, even to some celebrities who have used this name for their own son. Wyatt is of English, American, and French origins. It holds the meaning of "guide." This is the perfect name for a little boy who will grow up to use their abilities to become a great leader. He will grow up to be independent and will never be a "follower" who needs to rely on others to achieve what he wants and need out of life.
Wyatt's are able to focus very well on any issue that is deemed as important. They are very practical and competent. They usually gain great power, wealth, and success in business and commercial affairs. They can also reach the goal of gaining any material item that they could possibly ever want. Their only downfall is that since they are very business oriented, they sometimes tend to put business before their personal life.
9 Mason
Mason is of English, American, French, and Teutonic origin and it means "stone worker" and "worker in stone." They have a very deep inner need for quiet and they also desire to be able to understand the world that they live in. They want to be able to know the deepest truths about the world and the people they encounter in it. They are also deep thinkers who sometimes get lost in their own thoughts.
Masons have a good head on their shoulders. When they apply themselves, they are able to achieve great power amazing wealth. They tend to be competent in everything that they do. They are able to get the great materialistic things that they want the most and then some. They can accidentally let their personal life lag while they focus on their business life.
8 Jayden
Jayden is a spelling, and more popular, a variation of Jaden. It is of American and Hebrew origins. It means "Jehovah has heard" and it is also a biblical name. Jayden's tend to crave a stable and loving family as well as a great community of support. They love working with others and feeling needed and appreciated. They are excellent learners and they also tend to understand things easily.
They are great at analyzing people and can even see them for their true colors and motives. They can also analyze and understand world events with ease. When an issue arises, they are able to see the bigger picture and are able to see things from everyone else's point of view as well as their own. Since they are very wise and excellent learners, they can make amazing teachers that children and their colleagues would respect.
7 Wade
Wade is a little bit of a different kind of boy's name that does not get used very often. They usually grow up to be handsome young men. It is of Anglo-Saxon and American origins. It means "moving" which is most likely why boys named Wade are usually on the go and always feel the need to move around physical – in other words, they hate staying still. They love to be in stable and loving families. They love discovering and finding beautiful things - that tend to be on the more expensive side.
They respond very well to positivity which also helps to motivate them, not that they need any extra motivation. They dream of harmony and balance within their personal lives. Which is something most of us desire. Wade's do make friends easily but also tend to run with the popular types of crowds and they are very masculine.
6 Tristan
Tristan is of American, Arthurian Legend, Latin, Celtic, English, and French origins. It means "full of sorrow" - even though boys with this name are quite the opposite - it also means "outcry" and "noisy." They can be great independent leaders who are able to delegate the details of important issues. They are idealistic and very creative and imaginative. They are usually spiritual individuals as well.
Tristan's like to seek out the truth in their everyday life and from the people that they come into contact with. They dislike being lied to, and usually always find out when people are lying to them. Tristan's are highly inspirational to the people they know and they people the meet. If they fail to develop their full potential, they tend to become dreamers and sometimes will misuse their power. That usually never happens, however, they are very successful as boys and men.
5 Christian
Christian has become a very popular name since the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy came out, and almost every woman is all about Christian Grey. It is of Greek, American, English, Danish, and Latin origins. It means "follower of Christ" and "believer." Boys named Christian can become great leaders who do not like to follow others. They rather be who they are and who they want to be. They also crave independence.
Guys named Christian are able to focus on important issues and causes. They like to stay well informed. They tend to be very artistic, imaginative, and creative. They also tend to be very intuitive. They often seek spiritual truth and usually end up finding it. Boys with this name are good visionaries and are inspirations to those who know him, and even to those who don't know him.
4 Ryan
Ryan's are of Greek, American, and Irish origins. It means "kingly" and "little king." They try to lead others whether it is for good or bad. They are very independent and like to do things their own way and on their own. They tend to be able to understand issues that matter to them the most. They are a powerful force in other people's lives that. They are capable of being charismatic and often tend to come off as being very charming. Ryan's usually turn into a lady's man.
They like to take on large projects and they tend to succeed at what they do more often than fail. Unfortunately, they can sometimes become quick tempered when people do not listen to them or take them seriously. However, at times - and not very often, if they fail at what they are trying to accomplish they can become impractical and rigid.
3 Brayden
Brayden is of English, American, and Irish origin and it means "broad hillside." They love to be in a family that is stable, loving, and caring. They are usually the happiest when they live somewhere that has a very accepting community. They have a desire to work with others, when that happens he will feel great and on top of the world - especially if the people he works with by telling him how much they appreciate him.
Brayden's feel their best when things in their life feel balanced and in sync - when everything is in harmony. They feel positive when they get see the beauty in life that this world has to offer them. They are sweet and caring individuals that almost no one would ever be able to say anything bad or negative about them.
2 Jayson
Jayson is the spelling variation to the name "Jason" and is of Biblical and American origin. It means "he who cures." They perform their best when things are quiet and peaceful. They want to be able to understand the world and everything - and everyone - in it. Jayson's tend to seek out the truth in everything that surrounds them. They do not mind change and will sometimes even welcomes it because they are very adaptable in new situations.
Jayson's love adventure and experiencing new things. Even though they do like the quiet, they still love excitement and feeling excited. They are very versatile and handy to have around. If mom needs something fixed, there is no doubt that Jayson will be able to fix it. He isn't crazy about following rules if they make him feel restricted. Jayson's do tend to be unorganized at times. They are very intelligent and will do well in school, and when he is old enough to join the workforce. Jaysons usually always see the glass as being half full.
1 Caleb
Caleb is of Biblical, American, and Hebrew origins. This name stands for "dog" which gets interpreted into meaning bold and being able to stand out in a crowd full of people. They enjoy being in a loving and close stable family. They love to be able to help other people with anything he can, as long as he knows that the people he helped appreciate him and the help he offered to them.
While Caleb's don't mind change since they are able to adapt but if it will help them or will benefit them somehow, then he will definitely be happy about that - even if it takes him out of his stability and comfort zone. If Caleb's start to feel unstable, underappreciated, or unloved, they can become quite rebellious. They are also energetic and can get along with most people.
Sources: SheKnows.com, BabyNames.AllParenting.com
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It's true what they say about one person's trash. Especially when it comes to avocados. Chemists have found molecules in the husks of avocado seeds that could be useful in medicines, cosmetics and other products.
The world is wild about avocados right now. Americans are eating close to 2 billion pounds of them each year, says the Hass Avocado Board, a trade group. Demand is growing in Europe and China too. And for every avocado someone eats, that big old seed goes right into the trash.
Not all of them, actually. Some seeds get pressed for their oil. But even if the seed gets used, the husk—a protective outer layer—gets discarded.
That's a waste of waste, according to Debasish Bandyopadhyay, a chemist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He's discovered that the husks are packed with molecules that can treat diseases and improve consumer products. Bandyopadhyay presented his research at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in Washington, D.C. this week.
With his student research team, Bandyopadhyay found more than 130 different compounds in the husks' oil and wax. Among them was docosanol, sold as an anti-viral treatment for cold sores under the name Abreva, and lauric acid, which has been shown to raise levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the so-called 'good' cholesterol.
Some of the compounds they found, like the potential anti-cancer molecule heptacosane, aren't present in the meat of the avocado.
The group also identified molecules useful in consumer products. Butylated hydroxytoluene is an anti-oxidant molecule that's used as a food preservative. Benzyl butyl phthalate is added to plastics like PVC to make them more flexible. Bandyopadhyay says benzyl butyl phthalate made up two-thirds of the husk wax. It's toxic, and he suspects it is part of the avocado's chemical defenses.
Other molecules they found could be transformed into more useful compounds. Bandyopadhyay says his next step is to modify some of the molecules to see if they could make medicines with improved properties—like fewer side effects—than what's on the market right now.


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