(July 10, 2009 at 12:48 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Evil: causing ruin, injury, pain, misfortune or destruction to/of others.
1. Why do they "have the obligation to explain" the intentional designer's purpose in these circumstances?
2. What conclusion can be drawn about an intentional designer if those with this supposed obligation do not themselves know what its purpose is?
3. What if the purpose in these circumstances is greater net moral good (e.g., compassion is a virtue but it presupposes suffering, courage is a virtue but it presupposes fear, etc.)?
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
