Without God, no one to judge evil

In response to Theodore M. Utchen's May 20 letter, I have no doubt that he is a man who feels deeply the tragedy when 103 persons died in that Libyan airplane. It was a sad day indeed, and I have no answer to the question he asks: "Why did God allow only one to survive?" Mr. Utchen writes: "I care not to worship such an arbitrary acting god." The point I wish to make is that if there is no God involved in the events of our world, how can we call anything unjust and evil? If there is no God, there is no one to define evil above our private notions. If there is such a thing as absolute justice which is beyond and above our subjective whims, then there must be a God that sets the standards. If he does not exist, there is no reason to think our self created values have any authority and we have no basis for judging. Without a higher authority all of our judgments are "arbitrary." Elton Heimsoth Lombard