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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:45:02 -1200
From: [Family member B]
Subject: RE A world in shadow extract.
To: Mike Ryder <mike@mryder.com>
Hi Mike,
I share your concerns about the observed
interactions of animate and inanimate forces, that is to say, various
life forms with nature itself. It is apparent that these forces often
clash with undesirable effects, in some cases to the degree portrayed
in your extract.
However, the problem essentially reduces to the question of whether the
world and its inhabitants (animal and human) could have been
constructed in a more beneficent manner.
For the atheist or agnostic I assume that the answer to that question
must be NO.
Therefore the atheist or agnostic has no reason to complain when faced
with suffering. There was no alternative.
I am astonished when such people react by blaming God - who they
profess not believe in.
However, the problem essentially reduces to the question of whether the
world and its inhabitants (animal and human) could have been
constructed in a more beneficent manner.
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