Re: Dembski theodicy

I am assuming from your statement below that you interpret
"creation" in this passage to mean all of creation, both
human and sub-human. However, while that may be
traditional is not the only possible interpretation. For
various reasons that I wont go into here, I think
"creation" in this passage is referring to humans only,
and has nothing to do with the rest of they physical
world.

I personally cannot see how attributing the 2nd law of
thermodynamics to the fall of Man in anyway clears up
difficulties with the "problem of evil".

On Wed, 10 May 2006 10:50:58 -0500
  Donald Sprowl <sprowl@lacollege.edu> wrote:
> Evil is a value judgment. Whether a hawk eating a mouse
>is evil may depend on whether you are the hawk or the
>mouse. The deeper issue is the 2nd law of
>thermodynamics, broadly applied, which accounts for the
> basic pattern of change in the dynamic universe. Romans
>8:19 - "The creation waits in eager expectation for the
>sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was
>subjected to frustration, not by its own choice,
> but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
>that the creation itself will be liberated from its
>bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom
>of the children of God." This appears to be the real
> issue that Dembski is wrestling with.
>
> Don Sprowl
> Professor of Physics and Earth Science
> Louisiana College
> Pineville, LA 71359
> 318-487-7436
> sprowl@lacollege.edu
>
>
> On May 9, 2006, at 11:27 PM, Keith Miller wrote:
>
>> I just ran across an article by Dembski on natural
>>evil.  I found it
>> interesting because I am convinced that the problem of
>>natural evil is
>> one of the primary issues that drives the anti-evolution
>>movement --
>> whether YEC or ID. 
>>
>> The article is entitled "Christian Theodicy in Light of
>>Genesis and
>> Modern Science"  and can be found at
>> <http://www.designinference.com/documents/
>> 2006.04.christian_theodicy.pdf>.
>>
Received on Wed May 10 12:24:00 2006