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the criticism of the DA raises some fairly powerful q’s abt the nature of a designer and what kind of God are we left with

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argue that evolution is part of God’s : opps : we are left w/ a God who is uncaring 2 phat amount of suffering caused via evolution

how would Christians cope w/ God who is not omni - benevolent ???

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process theologians : God can’t alleviate all suffering bc he is omni - benevolent > omnipotent

how would Christians deal w God who is not omni - potent

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the deist belief :

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God created + designed & left it to own devices / what happens is at fault + hands of inhabitants ( those who control it = us )

il y a non personal revelation through a scripture + religious scripture

how would human’s cope w/ a God who is indifferent 2 humans