“If the love of money is the root of all evil –
what is the root of all good”?
"Current events, both professional and political, might be providing a level of authenticity towards finding the answer. Flight for Discovery also offers some clues."
Then you can answer the question:
What is the root of all good and does it exist?
I'm thinking that it might not.
Enjoy the Journey
XOX Karlene
The root of all good is God. And God is love. So the root of all good is Love!! 💕✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻
ReplyDeleteI like it! I agree!!! We might need more of that in the world.
DeleteTaking further the answer that love is the root of all good, the question then becomes, “why does God allow evil?” A question that has confused mankind since the beginning. Perhaps a partial answer lies in Genesis. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them”. If we are created in God’s image, it follows that we must have some of God’s characteristics. You could say that one of these characteristics is a desire to be appreciated and appreciation requires choice. If the choice is between the good offered by God and the evil offered by Satan, then God would be the source of all good and love is how good is recognized. Of course, this solution requires faith. What is faith you might ask? The New Testament says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For aviators, a faith metaphor might be described as the callout, “V-1 and Rotate”.
ReplyDeleteFaith is a belief when you have no proof. It's the source of fuel that keeps you standing and moving forward when everyone says, "Give it up. They're too powerful... you'll never win." It's the reason that explorers could sail into an open sea, leaving the shoreline behind. And yes... V-1 Rotate. I love that! Besides, don't they say it's truly an evil wind that blows no good?
DeleteGod gave mankind a free will to choose He will not violate this. In everything there is a choice to be made that is is the likeness of God to choose good over evil. When we ask why did God allow this or that, shouldn't we ask why have we as an individual or as a collective allowed it to happen. Anything anybody ever creates always requires a choice in the process. that is why people in leadership have a greater responsibility.
ReplyDeleteWhich wolf do we feed? Doing what is right or doing which only serves us????
Tonida, thank you for the comment. It's amazing that people in leadership have a greater responsibility, but are not held accountable as those below them are, for their actions. My experience is that evil climbs the ladder, that good has built.
DeleteYes, they do say that. But wind is neither good nor bad, only what the pilot makes of it. In aviation as in shiphandling, the value of wind is directly related to the experience of the pilot. We have proved many times over in Alaska that a capable experienced pilot can dock a large vessel under wind conditions that automation would not (and likely could not) be programmed to handle. (Remember Neil Armstrong’s moon landing final approach). With computerization, the pilot has no knowledge of what algorithms have been programmed into the computer program – so does this mean that computerized shiphandling or aircraft flying is a classic definition of the triumph of hope over experience?
ReplyDeleteExperience over automation I should say. Yes, the truly evil wind that blows no good is an old saying that every wind has good to it... always something will even come out of the negative. I think you might like a book I'm reading. Pastwatch, the redemption of Christopher Columbus.
DeleteGood call - Experience over automation relates to both of our professions. The experience part is becoming more difficult to obtain outside the simulator. You can chock that up to automation.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book recommendation - just ordered it. BTW were you able to download Capt. Warren Vanderburgh's automation dependency lecture "Children of the Magenta"? We used it at PMI for pilotage simulation exercises with good results.
Yes... Children of the magenta is a great book!!
DeleteHave only seen the lecture in "Vimeo" format:
ReplyDeleteCapt. Warren Vanderburgh of American Airlines' Flight Academy presentation titled: "Children of the magenta", 1997.https://vimeo.com/159496346
Didn't know there were books with the same title. The original lecture was apparently removed from web by American Airlines (maybe for liability reasons) after other venues like PMI began using it. Try the site addresses above and let me know if that takes you to the lecture. Capt. Vanderburgh makes a good argument for, "When nothing else works - try looking out the window".
Sadly the new generation of pilot loses their flight director and doesn't know what pitch to fly. I saw the presentation at a previous airline... good!
DeleteCongratulations my aviation colleague, writer friend, good for you! I suspect, and I like to believe that 'good' came about because of our core human belief that we need each other, and our brains evolved to be reciprocal. I hope I'm right. Congrats again on the new title!
ReplyDeleteJust finished reading “Pastwatch – The Redemption of Christopher Columbus”. The author’s writing style recalled an observation made by my dad before his passing almost 55 years ago – “Religion is man’s search for God and Christianity is God’s search for man”. You could say that the Pastwatch narrative addresses that difference and the resulting outcome of each. You could also say that the Religion/Christianity analogy results from God giving all people the ability to choose as opposed to a few choosing for the rest. My impression is that the airline industry might have diluted this ability of individual choice more than the maritime industry – although we might not be far behind. Whether or not it was your intent, your novels define the value of choice and the Bible acts as an operator’s manual for making those choices....same idea as applied to landing an airplane or docking a ship.
ReplyDeleteThat was a fast read. And amazing that your father had made a similar observation...Yes, I do believe life is about choice and glad that has come through. Thanks for the comment!!
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