> From: "David Rodemaker" <dar at horusinc.com> > > What if the analogy is more along the lines of the individual who made a > > wildlife preserve? > > the big problem with this analogy, and unfortunately all such > analogies seem > to have a big problem, is that one who makes a wildlife preserve isn't > responsible for the existence of predation and death, as a hypothetical > deity would be, unless one posits a weak deity who isn't > responsible for the > way the unverse is run, in which case we find ourselves wondering who or > what placed limitations on it. Why do you posit that predation and death is *bad*??? David