Jack Symes

But it's the process which, according to Christians, Jews and Muslims, that God created and God can do anything with the following qualifier. It has to be logically or metaphysically possible. So there are possible worlds without evolution by natural selection. Sure. Those things are entirely possible. Right. And a perfectly good God would have to bring about the best possible state of affairs.

What did they say? The optimist says this is the best possible world and the pessimist hopes it's not the case.

What did they say? The optimist says this is the best possible world and the pessimist hopes it's not the case.

What did they say? The optimist says this is the best possible world and the pessimist hopes it's not the case.

Yeah, I mean, there's still a sense in which they're doing good, like when a non-human animal sacrifices themselves for their young or something. There has to be something they're going towards in order for it to be good, in the same way we freely choose. And they're getting better. at being elk to avoid that. And that's what leads to their natural selection.

Yeah, I mean, there's still a sense in which they're doing good, like when a non-human animal sacrifices themselves for their young or something. There has to be something they're going towards in order for it to be good, in the same way we freely choose. And they're getting better. at being elk to avoid that. And that's what leads to their natural selection.

Yeah, I mean, there's still a sense in which they're doing good, like when a non-human animal sacrifices themselves for their young or something. There has to be something they're going towards in order for it to be good, in the same way we freely choose. And they're getting better. at being elk to avoid that. And that's what leads to their natural selection.

There's going to be a significant number of non-human animals that don't have what we call free will, which is the power and freedom to do otherwise, the power and choice to do A rather than B. There are some non-human animals that just act. The raindrop lands on the bird's beak. It just instinct, it turns, sees what's there. It doesn't think, what was that? It doesn't have this inner chat.

There's going to be a significant number of non-human animals that don't have what we call free will, which is the power and freedom to do otherwise, the power and choice to do A rather than B. There are some non-human animals that just act. The raindrop lands on the bird's beak. It just instinct, it turns, sees what's there. It doesn't think, what was that? It doesn't have this inner chat.

There's going to be a significant number of non-human animals that don't have what we call free will, which is the power and freedom to do otherwise, the power and choice to do A rather than B. There are some non-human animals that just act. The raindrop lands on the bird's beak. It just instinct, it turns, sees what's there. It doesn't think, what was that? It doesn't have this inner chat.

It doesn't choose, reflects. And there's going to be a lot of non-human animals, which that's the case for. So that sort of like character development, theodicy or defense won't work for them. Like, especially if they're... It doesn't bring about a better entity at the end of it.

It doesn't choose, reflects. And there's going to be a lot of non-human animals, which that's the case for. So that sort of like character development, theodicy or defense won't work for them. Like, especially if they're... It doesn't bring about a better entity at the end of it.

It doesn't choose, reflects. And there's going to be a lot of non-human animals, which that's the case for. So that sort of like character development, theodicy or defense won't work for them. Like, especially if they're... It doesn't bring about a better entity at the end of it.

But all these creatures that die painfully and miserably and don't have the opportunity to develop, like their individual lives seem like they're, again, cases of gratuitous, i.e., unnecessary evil. But the point fundamentally is this, right? God... could have made it so that these creatures that don't have free will and that can't develop their characters don't suffer.

But all these creatures that die painfully and miserably and don't have the opportunity to develop, like their individual lives seem like they're, again, cases of gratuitous, i.e., unnecessary evil. But the point fundamentally is this, right? God... could have made it so that these creatures that don't have free will and that can't develop their characters don't suffer.

But all these creatures that die painfully and miserably and don't have the opportunity to develop, like their individual lives seem like they're, again, cases of gratuitous, i.e., unnecessary evil. But the point fundamentally is this, right? God... could have made it so that these creatures that don't have free will and that can't develop their characters don't suffer.

He could have made that the case.

He could have made that the case.

He could have made that the case.

There's no distinction between beasts.