PHIL: Re: young atheists

Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:59:24 -0800 (PST)

From: ASpidle@aol.com

>With regards to the starving children, I'm afraid that's the price
>we pay for free will. A God who fed all children would have to
>take away our free will. Which would you rather have?

I thought I'd elaborate a little bit....

Why would a god have to take away our free will to accomplish feeding the children? I'd be like Alan Greenspan, only a bit more ruthless... ;) tweek the climate, a bit of a drought on the rich kids...... bumper rainfall and crops for ethiopia.

Brian
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