Re: virus: <God> is good

Hakeeb A. Nandalal (nanco@trinidad.net)
Sun, 02 Aug 1998 05:04:43 +0000

Tim Rhodes wrote:
>
> ERiC wrote:
>
> >I wonder how many theistical scientists have ever seriously pondered the
> >argument from evil? (a classic case of data contrary to the <God> meme...)
>
> The argument from evil only attempts to refute the <omnipotent and
> all-loving God> meme. That still leaves a lot of other options out there
> within the <god> meme category.

Good : what increases the survival capacity of a species or group.

Evil : what decreases the survival capacity of a species or group.

Consequence : Good and Evil can be relative depending
on the point of view of the species or group in question.

This mechanism is part and parcel of the Go[o]d/[D]evil dichotomy.

H.

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