From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:23:06 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:41:02 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The usual hand-wavium response to that is "we simple humans don't   
   >> understand God's plan". In other words, its all our fault, never   
   >> God's.   
   >   
   > Which is almost correct.   
   >   
   > What we don't understand is that God works through secondary causes,   
   > and secondary causes can fail. So what God wants and what God gets   
   > can be two different things.   
   >   
   > Aquinas has an argument showing this, arguing first that God has an   
   > intended gender for each baby and that, when twins appear, God   
   > wanted them to have the same gender.   
      
   Wonderful argument, which overlooks the fact that an omnipotent being   
   doesn’t have to work that way.   
      
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