<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:13:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/theodicy/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Answer to the theodicy question]]></title><description><![CDATA[The term "theodicy" refers to justifying the divine attributes of God, especially holiness and justice, while acknowledging the true existence of physical and moral evil. The skeptical philosopher]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/heartchurch/@josua1/answer-to-the-theodicy-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/heartchurch/@josua1/answer-to-the-theodicy-question</guid><category><![CDATA[heartchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[josua1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9FVktRoJA95oLBsTEJMhGgfBxccuSwLLVPaq3gncB1HpUmNYFpS4v21PhQ1NjtDMtFk5Bsc1Uf8mL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussion with God]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me:"God, I love you and right now I need you.My faith is weak.Holy Spirit, please breathe me through.All my weaknesses and doubts so I can be near you because this storm is too much for me to even]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/discussion-with-god</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/discussion-with-god</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[josua1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmpBE28GcANhF5U1S4Rw1AgMga328GfcgHuTbvRNQ4qpHLqHvPMkmpe5wijSxG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings--The Demiurge and The Archons).]]></title><description><![CDATA[   "I’m halfway to nowhere caught in-between this life and the next and a crazy dream" Okay, this is the 7th and final post in this series on Theodicy. I'll start by mentioning again that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-the-demiurge-and-the-archons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-the-demiurge-and-the-archons</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:34:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNkzzsFW9u7MKG1hMtTSmax5wnJAxJx2CVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings--The Tripartite Tractate)...]]></title><description><![CDATA[                                                        "I AM]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-the-tripartite-tractate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-the-tripartite-tractate</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2019 22:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAfUZVxdWGVkx8kLx5fr9ZFxN12vgarbLVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why God?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me: God, is it ok when I ask You a question? God: Surely Me: Promise You will not get mad God:Ok Me: Why You didn't to prevent so much stuff happen to me this day? God: What do you talking about? Me: Well,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/why-god</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/why-god</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[josua1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:33:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9DjcfNwQZxnzY73qoAm9pPD5YRRy5n6FZRELH5e5qEezDSf8nfWLJWyU5gFWRsqvNnPFcj36FLcv2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings-Deconstructing Buddhism).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there, Steemit! I'm not above having a bit of fun once and a while and in this one, I troll the New Age Movement.  This Video is another in my series on Theodicy called Buddha and Hungry Bears]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-deconstructing-buddhism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-deconstructing-buddhism</guid><category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 17:06:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eRFkyK3RXzkjjHeJMKwmCBKsFYPCqfowCi2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings-4). Deconstructing Karma.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We'll venture into some thorny spiritual ground in this one. Spiritual crime and punishment? An idea  I don't find inherently irrational--although one likely has to concede certain metaphysical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-4-deconstructing-karma</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-4-deconstructing-karma</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 20:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UwuMAttWr9MQZDHhY7PCCrLCPw76L41aydEqhFVk9vGaFuWwipYzVMwkpbNcXjgSkjSARiiU127UZU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings-2).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suppers Ready: The Hot Tubs: Original sin is surely one of the most bizarre (and false) ideologies ever dreamt up by man; although, as a Gnostic, I'm not so sure it was man who came up with this very distorted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings-2</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WqMyDQxLvSAxpDTdRuC61wyhQYDMLm8mYnQMXYJvTGXQZeRxceVNT84fq5RNFjkHrKmM6htRsFZ4wY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddha and Hungry Bears (Skookum Musings).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bud: Agni: Hey, there Steemit. I was able to get up to the hot-springs after I finished my Whistler contract. There was lots of time for musing and I'll post the series here as city work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/buddha-and-hungry-bears-skookum-musings</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Witt4U1qioX57yMCfMRoGX8xVQhNAVrLEeoCUuERYfyuT1YTJenw8jFvbqudquWGLaJu5oUhgFFjM8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riffvlog on Fighting Evil with Hatred...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, Steemit. I meander around again on this one. Here is an overview of this talk: -dualist and nondual spiritual philosophies.  -a secular evil example might be dialectical materialism's revolutionary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@andrewmarkmusic/riffvlog-on-fighting-evil-with-hatred</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@andrewmarkmusic/riffvlog-on-fighting-evil-with-hatred</guid><category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 22:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eRBfWJHVfFvPLZTHkduPXc1LTNyMuNpy5Tc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theodicy - What's the reason why God permits all this pain on this world?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chapters 1-2 of Genesis, the first book of God's Word and Chapters 21-22 of Revelation, the last book of the Bible show, what's Gods plan for all of us, what's lost (temporary) through the Fall of Man]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/theodicy-what-s-the-reason-why-god-permits-all-this-pain-on-this-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@josua1/theodicy-what-s-the-reason-why-god-permits-all-this-pain-on-this-world</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[josua1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmpnouZafGAjg9DB15TDHLzJRYL3o2iYit9Mg8pVJ4AGJfZYZfXJLWj8J3f6Eo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>