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.