Re: MD MOQ and The Problem Of Evil

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Fri Aug 20 2004 - 01:58:38 BST

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    Hi Chuck, Mel, and all,

    On 19 Aug 2004 at 16:47, ml wrote:

    Hello Chuck:

    Despite the American fixation on all of reality
    being as safe as a Disneyland, unboundedly large
    degrees of freedom are, so shit happens.

    msh:
    Non-responsive. And somewhat insulting, in a general sort of way.

    mel:
    From the HUMAN point of view the Down's baby
    is a terrible tragedy and modern surgery is a mercy.
    BUT...

    As I wrote earlier:

    Upon reflection, the POE is our attempt to project upon the
    infinite our preferences for how things from our limited capacity
    ought to be. That is simple absurdity, regardless of the
    rigorousness of formulation or the structure of the argument.

    msh:
    Your counter-argument (also somewhat insulting) assumes its
    conclusion, a very common fallacy in response to the POE: God exists
    and is smarter than us, therefore we can offer no valid argument
    against his existence. Therefore God exists.

    Mark Steven Heyman (msh) 

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