(October 25, 2017 at 11:49 am)SteveII Wrote:(October 25, 2017 at 11:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: In what sense are leprosy, foetal harlequin syndrome, plague bacilli, cancer, and general human misery made 'greater ' by existing?
Boru
If you are addressing me, I don't see how your question relates to anything I said.
Exactly.
What were you thinking, Brian? This conversation isn't about actually existing things. It's about the definitions of postulated, imaginary beings. Please raise your snout from the trough of reality, and get with the 'my definition of x requires y, so x' program.
Besides, in the Christian scheme, the horrors you listed are either natural evils that Yahweh didn't intend or create but that resulted from sin (ultimately 'our' fault, somehow) or are only apparent evils visited on us by a loving god for our own good (somehow) and we are unable to understand the infinite wisdom and goodness involved in such a plan. Again, our fault.
Better to stick with 'Thy will be done' and not think too carefully about it all.
