[Uncle Fud]

All extremely valid points within a theological context. However, "the Fall" is clearly an event which took place outside observable laws of nature, and therefore cannot be an integral component of a scientific theory.

One can argue by obvious example that evil exists in the real world, but there can be no scientific explanation for its origin.

[Aquinasfan]

However, "the Fall" is clearly an event which took place outside observable laws of nature, and therefore cannot be an integral component of a scientific theory. One can argue by obvious example that evil exists in the real world, but there can be no scientific explanation for its origin.

All true. My point is that the existence of so-called evils in the natural world is not an argument against The Designer or ID.