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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: What constitutes proof of the existence of God?
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>  There are three possibilities for modeling the forces of good and
> evil. The atheists claim they are both the result of natural forces,
> and thus not essentially different. The God whorshipers claim that good
> is the result of the actions of a loving God, while evil is part of the
> natural flow. Maltheists claim that good is the part which is determined
> by the natural flow of things, while evil is an interfering entropic force
> manifested in a malevolent Damager-God.

A slight correction here: atheists do not necessarily recognize the existence
of "forces of good and evil". Therefore there is no need to explain
them with natural forces, or say that they are essentially the same.

Padraig Houlahan.