God and Suffering (General)

by Mark , Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 16:12 (5644 days ago) @ dhw

Thanks to all for your replies. - George & David - you don't accept the premises so the question doesn't touch you. Fair enough. - dhw - neither do you - though I would take issue with your objection:
There was no need for him to make animals into carnivores (the precursor of so much that we call sin), to create the viruses that cause disease, to organize the climate in such a way that it can destroy whole cities and their inhabitants with a single blast or flood. - How can you know that it is possible to create a world anything like this, in which creatures having the personal qualities of humans can evolve, but without carnivores, viruses or floods?