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> On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Norman L Smith wrote:
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> First, since "good" is subjective, pain and suffering can be "good,"
> depending on the outcome.
Subjective? I guess if you are not the one suffering.
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> Second, the Christian god did intentially inflict pain and suffering on
> people in the Bible, and many claim today that their pain and suffering
> is a test of faith by God.
I don't believe that God is the author of pain and suffering. A short
trip to Genesis should tell us that.
> I guess my point is, if pain and suffering can be "good" depending on the
> outcome, then the objection to God by atheists because of the pain and
> suffering, and the objection to evolution by Christians because of pain
> and suffering becomes severely weakened....
Pain and suffering is not good but the result of evil, God however can
bring about good from an evil situation.
Randy Landrum