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Haiti and the Problem of Evil - Pete's 'Satan' Response
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From: Pete
To: Theo, Sylvia
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:29 AM
Subject: RE: Haiti and the problem of evil
Some random thoughts:
- I’m not sure that the introduction of Satan1 would move the argument forward as you then move to asking why God allows Satan to exist or be effective, cf. Job. I suppose possibly Christianity differs from dualism in that God (the power of light) is actually the creator of and infinitely superior to the power of darkness (Satan). Also, I suppose that you might ask (a la CS Lewis) how natural disasters aid Satan if his objective is worship or distraction rather than being a pantomime villain?
- Out of the contributions at the end of the article my first reaction was that the last2 one is the only useful3 one.
- Finally, perhaps there are two intertwined questions:
- Why did God construct the world (or allow it to change) in such a way as to include unavoidable suffering?
- Does God intervene to limit this suffering or direct it in some way towards the undeserving?
My response is here4.
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Footnote 2: I only reproduced this single blog-response (for others see the website (Link)) – it’s at the end of the Note (Click here for Note).
Footnote 3: The idea being that for a functioning ecosystem, plate tectonics, and therefore earthquakes, are necessary. .
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