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Originally Posted by Ivanhoe  This is from Fr. Copleston's exposition of Medieval Philosophy, particularly that of St Thomas, Quote: |
God, in creating a world the evils of which he foresaw, must be said, not to have willed the evils but to have willed the world which, as such, is good and to have willed to permit the evils which he foresaw.
| Is this accurate? |
In my opinion, this is another attempt to explain the riddle of how God is not evil, and yet sovereignly authors and performs all things. I think it is technically innacurate, however, and falls short of reality.