From: Ellen K. 

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:58:38 +1100, John Beckett
 wrote in message
:

>Ellen K.  wrote in message
>news::
>> Everything G-d does is good.  However, there is good in a revealed way
>> (the crops have rain) and good in a concealed way (drought).
>
>The above describes a policy, not a logical point-of-view.
>
>I don't know if you think that ONLY G-d does things. If you do, your
>policy is that all things are good. The result is that the word
"good" has
>no meaning to you.

No, humans also do things.  We have free will.
>
>> Some would already say 9/11 was good because it woke up the world to
>> militant Islamism.
>
>A complex event like 9/11 has many facets. One aspect is that we all get
>to evaluate what is important to us (should I do an extra three hours work
>for the Boss tonight, or should I think about my family?).
>
One positive result.

>Another helpful aspect is that the problem of militant Islamism is out in
>the open, and people are grappling with how to deal with it.

And another.
>
>But the core event (crashing planes into civilian targets in order to kill
>thousands of innocent people) is BAD! Any deity worthy of respect would
>not want you to puzzle over this point.

Of course killing innocent people is bad.  Duh.

Our world is not so black-and-white such that every action has only good
results or only bad results.  The rain that helps the crops surely also has
some bad or negative results.

>
>John

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