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Old 08-07-2007, 06:54 PM   #13
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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.
But if one takes a deistic view, is the suffering evil? Is the objection that if God asllows or causes suffering he can't be all good?
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