The distinction between evil and suffering is an important one, for these terms are not coextensive. There can be evil without suffering, as when the objectives of evil intentions are thwarted. There can be suffering that is not evil, as when a person is imprisoned for committing a serious enough crime to warrant the imprisonment. So a distinction is in order. While the imprisonment of a criminal is a not a happy state of affairs, neither is it a wrong state of affairs. When a person suffers for
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