![]() If we choose not to, we do it because we love God. We have the choice whether to smash ham or watches or even possums in bags. If God is perfect and created a world that is the most perfect possible world for us, why does he create people who smash ham and watches in bags?Įstragon: Oh…so we show him we love him by not smashing things in bags?Įstragon: I see. Therefore, ham is perfect.Įstragon: Okay, now I’m really confused. Vladimir: God wouldn’t have created it if it weren’t perfect. Vladimir: Evolution couldn’t have designed ham. Vladimir: So there has to be some kind of ham designer, right? Vladimir: It still tastes like ham and smells like ham and looks like ham. Vladimir: Yes! And you smash it into a million pieces. Vladimir: So, you put a piece of ham in a bag… If he smashed my watch I’d be really angry! He doesn’t have to explain anything.Įstragon: Well, if he’s going to go around smashing watches, I think he owes somebody an explanation. Vladimir: Well, He doesn’t have to be efficient. That’s for Him to know.Įstragon: If he wanted us to be happy, why didn’t he just stop us from breaking the watch in the first place?Įstragon: So, wait, he loves us so much he is willing to fix the watch, but he won’t stop us from breaking it?Įstragon: That’s not a very efficient system. He doesn’t need a good reason.Įstragon: So, God just goes around putting broken watches together? We’re not sure why. Vladimir: What do you mean why? He’s God. Vladimir: God is the watchmaker! Otherwise the watch would still be in pieces.Įstragon: Wait…so God reassembled the watch? Vladimir: Well, then there has to be a watchmaker who has a plan, right?Įstragon: Uhmmm. Vladimir: And the watch has been reassembled into a perfect whole, right? Vladimir: Something has to be there to assemble the watch if it’s going to come back together, right? Vladimir: Does it re-form into the same watch?Įstragon: See what? I’m not sure I follow. It is an inexpensive magical watch that magically will break into a hundred pieces. Why would you want to break an expensive watch? And I don’t know if a hammer will break a Rolex into a hundred pieces. A really nice gold Rolex.Įstragon: A Rolex is really expensive. It’s not important! Just listen.Įstragon: Well, if it is a digital watch with one of those plastic bands it’s not going to break with a hammer The idea is to prove a point.Įstragon: But how can you prove a point using an example that is completely unrealistic. Nobody is really breaking a watch with a hammer. Vladimir: Okay, that’s really not important! The important thing is…Įstragon: What kind of lunatic would break a perfectly good watch? Vladimir: It doesn’t matter….You take the watch and you smash it into….Įstragon: Well, why are you smashing the watch? You smash the watch into a hundred pieces….Įstragon: Is it a digital watch or a nice one? Vladimir: Just see if you can follow me here. Vladimir: So….you take a watch and you put it in a bag….Įstragon: Well, what type of watch is it? ![]()
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