[Buddha-l] Natural Evil

[SJZiobro at cs.com]

Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:

>Unless I'm very much mistaken, God IS in jail for life. There is no place to
>live but the universe, and every region of the universe is filled with pain
>and affliction. Just think what a prison this universe is. Everywhere you go
>there are exploding stars, toxic gases, high levels of radiation, black
>holes, It's worse than Guantánamo. And God has to be everywhere at once, so
>he can't escape these dangers even temporarily. To make matters worse, he has
>to listen to all these whining human beings asking for favors and complaining
>about their lot in life. Being everywhere at once, God can't even run, let
>alone hide. He stuck here forever in a hell of his own creation, You and I
>can achieve nirvana and get out of this mess, but God is stuck with having
>his nose rubbed in his monstrously painful creation for eternity. Just
>imagine how he must feel.

Your theological acumen here is almost enviable, Richard.  Just to view matters from another perspective, consider that all things are in God, who is nowhere, and you might say He has a major case of ongoing indigestion.

Stan