But in sober historical fact, this is an unreasonable belief; I chose the example of World War II because from my reading, it seems that events were mostly driven by Hitler’s personality, often in defiance of his generals and advisors.
Bullshit.
Besides the contemporary accounts of the inevitability of war, there’s also, computer modelling of state relations using pre-war evidence (In fact, the modelling even generates the split for the cold war, before the start of WWII).
For the record, Heinrich Heine also said in 1821: “Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.” (That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also.)
Besides that, your entire post could mostly be summarised as The universe doesn’t care.
[sarcasm]
No, really? I never knew.
[/sarcasm]
As for saying that ‘God wouldn’t allow it’, It’s a ridiculous argument that anthropomorphises an imaginary creation, that was invoked in the first place to reassure people living in a world that never made sense. Of course god wouldn’t allow it! He wouldn’t allow it by definition. The ‘Problem of Evil’ is the very reason god exists in human minds in the first place! To use it to attack religion is as unsatisfactory as a rebuttal can get.
Bullshit.
Besides the contemporary accounts of the inevitability of war, there’s also, computer modelling of state relations using pre-war evidence (In fact, the modelling even generates the split for the cold war, before the start of WWII).
For the record, Heinrich Heine also said in 1821: “Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.” (That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also.)
Besides that, your entire post could mostly be summarised as The universe doesn’t care.
[sarcasm]
No, really? I never knew.
[/sarcasm]
As for saying that ‘God wouldn’t allow it’, It’s a ridiculous argument that anthropomorphises an imaginary creation, that was invoked in the first place to reassure people living in a world that never made sense. Of course god wouldn’t allow it! He wouldn’t allow it by definition. The ‘Problem of Evil’ is the very reason god exists in human minds in the first place! To use it to attack religion is as unsatisfactory as a rebuttal can get.