And God files a response? (Was: Suing God (honest, it's a lawsuit that ha...

[RJLipkin at aol.com]

Sorry for inadvertently hitting  "send."
 
     The  jurisdictional point might be legitimate but surely the following 
is not: "It  adds that blaming God for human oppression and suffering misses an 
important  point.  "I created man and woman with free will and next to the 
promise of  immortal life, free will is my greatest gift to you," according to 
the response,  as read by Friend." Natural disasters have nothing to do with 
"free will."   Rarely, if ever, is free will involved in hurricanes, 
earthquakes, and so forth.  Therefore explaining human suffering by appealing to free 
will  fails. Moreover, if millions of people dying in war, concentration camps,  
and gulags, and so forth is the price we pay for "free will," whatever that  
is anyway, I, for one, might want to return the gift and get my money  back. 
Now that God has entered the controversy surrounding the suit, I  think the suit 
should go forward. Indeed, I intend to submit an amicus  brief . . . .  
Somewhere.

Bobby

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

Ratio Juris
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