> > I like your post.

> > - Michaela

> > Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> >> Reading Erin's troubles with the presence of evil in the world, I
> >> thought that the answer given by GROW (the Australian 12-step group
> >> network, started by a Catholic priest) was worth repeating:

> >> Most of us stopped asking that question long ago.  It stops us from
> >> getting better.  It shifts the blame to God, and absolves us of the
> >> responsibility of developing our characters to deal with it.

> >> No answer.  Just don't ask the question.  Taoism as expressed in
> > "The
> >> Tao of Poh" is full of the same theme:  Don't ask unnecessary
> >> questions.  Don't waste government money on research which increases
> >> knowledge with no practical application.  Don't worry about "the
> >> world" being evil, because the world is something you can't change.
> >> Yourself, you can change (within limits, but pessimism isn't one of
> >> them.)

> >> Doug L.

> With no cliffs or bridges around here, I have no choice but to keep sane.

> Doug L.
> --
> Men were given wives because if they can achieve anything when married, they
> can conquer the world unmarried.