From: Christopher Zinkula (czinkula_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 07:25:34 PDT
However the student was attempting to prove that God is good (which He
is). I think the logic works in the context of the professors
arguement. There may be a piece missing or skipped... but it seems to
work (at least for me).
>
> It isn't a true story (see
> <http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/e/einstein-god.htm> for some
> debunking info) but yes, it is a well-presented bit of logic.
> (Although I was expecting it to be 'evil is the absence of good', not
> the absence of God. In the context of that kind of semantic wordplay
> that's the right argument.
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