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.