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From: mckeeman@wanginst.UUCP (William McKeeman)
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Subject: Re: Re: QUESTIONS FROM A FRIEND
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> In article <109@gymble.UUCP> bennet@gymble.UUCP (Tom Bennet) writes:
> 
> What did God do wrong?  Was it a bad decision on His/Her part?  Just how
> intelligent is a God that can create the universe but not oversee its
> perfect functioning?  If you insist that God wanted to create the universe
> in a non-perfect manner doesn't this show an imperfection?  Couldn't God
> as smart as He/She is figure out a way of obtaining the same result with
> a perfect universe?  It appears that God loses either way.  Either God
> was incapable of creating a perfect universe or was incapable of figuring
> out how to do so to achieve His/Her/its ends.
> 
> Comments welcomed.
> 
> Dave Trissel         {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!davet

Your problem, I think, is accepting that your view of a perfect universe
might be different from God's view.  There are just lots of speculations
on how something that does not suit you might please God.  Anger is not a
sign of lack of power, as you imply.  It might, for example, just be there
to get your attention.  It surely worked on Job.

At best we seek through a glass, darkly.  I have trouble with World War II,
for instance.  Yet I have faith that, in the end, God knows best.  

/s/ Bill McKeeman  ~decvax!wanginst!mckeeman