Re: problem of evil - to clear things up

I don't think I follow your point, but if your saying that the problem of
evil is a nonsense, conceptually, then fine, but I think most people,
including myself, recognise it as a problem that can be understood and
thought about.  (The reason I wrote the original post was that I had seen
lengthy debates on this group about it.)

"Bill Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Damien Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > So there you have it:  problem of evil -> free will defence.   There
isn't
> > much else to it folks...
> >
> No, there are other possibilities.  To briefly outline only one (for a
> complete account see Spinoza): good and evil are only limited partial
> perspectives on things.  They have no place in viewing things as they
really
> are (in Spinoza's language sub specie aeternitatis).  So from god's
> perspective our constant worrying about things like the problem of evil
> shows only that we are viewing things in purely human terms (i.e., in one
> type of limited partial perspective).  And of course what else can be
> expected of us; we are finite beings.  Good and evil can be cognized only
> within a finite perspective.  But we cannot blame EITHER good OR evil on
> god.  And "free will" has nothing to do with it, except perhaps that is is
> another limited perspective on what it.
>
> Bill Snyder
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