Of course, this all goes back (at least) to Leibniz's "best of all possible worlds" thing, parodied by Voltaire in Candide. #religion
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@PhilosophyExp Thing is, /that/ says the world couldn't be better as a whole; this appears to argue every /circumstance/ is intended.
@cathyby Right, but you've got to give the guy some leeway for the fact that he was talking extemporareously.
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@PhilosophyExp True. And he didn't say rape was Gods will either if we're being totally fair. -
@cathyby Also, once you factor in thoughts about determinism, Neoplatonist emanationism & omniscience things get very complicated...! ;) -
@PhilosophyExp Extremely :)
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@PhilosophyExp@cathyby ..and has probably never heard of Leibniz... -
@PartiallyExLife Highly likely!@PhilosophyExp
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@PhilosophyExp "And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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