(July 11, 2024 at 7:38 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Every living creature is born into a universe where it's necessary to kill in order to live. That might fit a malevolent god but militates against any benevolent deity.
Yep. "For God so loved the world that he gave his son ..." and his cows ... and his sheep(le) ... and them chickenfooted things ... and some nice hogs, 'cept cain't everyone eat 'em ... and some broccoli, except they don't count because they're not alive once we chop 'em ..and ..
It's the old Jethro Tull lyric: "He who made kittens / put snakes in the grass".
