Peggy,
My thoughts are along the same lines, but you said it so well!  Thank you!
Kathy
Always for His glory!


At 08:49 PM 3/10/2005, you wrote:
>Rhonda, I wonder if we should call these natural things like hurricanes and
>floods and tsunamis evil?  Of course the devastation and pain they cause to
>our fellow human beings and animals is horrible, but these "natural evils"
>as you call them are just something that happens in nature, and labeling it
>as evil is our subjective opinion.  Just pondering as I type.  <grin>
>
>Peggy
>
>At 10:15 AM 3/10/2005, you wrote:
> >Now,  I am confused as to how best write my paper on "the problem of evil"
> >as I see it, there are two types, moral, and natural evil.  Moral evil comes
> >from a person making  choices, the free will thing, but what of natural evil
> >huricanes, earthquakes and the like, why does an all powerful God allow
> >these things?
> >One thought I had was because we do do not live in an utopia, we do not have
> >a perfect world. If there were never natural disasters, how would we learn
> >compassion, and empathy?
> >If there weren't moral evil, how would we learn forgiveness and mercy?
> >
> >Rhonda
>
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