Re: Remote, retroactive intercessory prayer

[Harry Avis]

Jim writes:
Darwin is not unlike other great minds whose intellect could not reconcile
their personal tragedies with optimism for the universe (e.g., Mark
Twain).

Why the presumption of an "optimism for the universe"? If the universe is 
mechanistic, there is no such thing as optimism. What is simply is. Nor are 
tragedies so devastating. When a loved one dies unexpectedly, it is a 
individual loss. For those who believe in a loving God there is the extra 
burden of asking why a loving God would permit such a thing to happen. I 
know the theological arguments backward and forward, I personally am not 
asking this question. My point is that Believing in a lvoing God only adds 
to burden.


Harry Avis PhD
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA 95677
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Anything worth doing is worth doing at all. Unknown.
If we live long enough, death comes to us all
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