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Old 08-07-2007, 06:47 PM   #11
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Why does the "suffering' of speices as they are forced to adapt through natural selection necessarily constitute evil?
As I understand philosophers traditionally equate evil with suffering and this is particularly so with respect to "the problem of evil." I was more dismissive of the problem of evil when I was younger. But with experience and maturity it has become more of a problem for me, I confess.
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