Dover Case Questions

[RJLipkin at aol.com]

I would argue that Steve's  inference from the facts of "disease, war, 
violence, inequity, inequality,  stupidity of some design features (knees, elbows, 
eyes)" to the conclusion that  no omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect 
(loving) deity exists is a  perfectly legitimate inference. That is, the facts 
of evil and suffering  are incompatible with the existence of such a deity, 
and this incompatibility  must be explained away for anyone to recognize these 
facts but still insist on  the deity's existence.  I have never been persuaded 
by any of the  numerous attempts to rationalize this incompatibility.  But 
we've been down  this road, and I'll say no more about it. 
 
Cheers,

Bobby

Robert Justin Lipkin
Professor of Law
Widener  University School of Law
Delaware
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