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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Good and Evil
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 05:10:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 05:10:58 1984
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A thought in response to the close of John Hobson's letter:

>>       ... I do feel that the world is a very rough place, and I am
>> in the middle of wondering why God should have it so.

The more you consider the world in terms of its many parts, the more
hostile a place it seems.  On the other hand, if you consider the
world as a many-faceted whole, it seems more harmonious.

One interesting contrast between Creationism and Evolution that I rarely
see presented is this: if we consider each organism to be the individual
creation of God, then we have to wonder at why He created so much built-
in hostility into the worldly scheme.  On the other hand, an evolutionary
point of view sees this `hostility' as being an important part of enhancing
the overall vitality of life forms.  (No, I don't believe for one moment
that belief in evolution and God are antagonistic.)

		-Ed Hall
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