God does not create a better world because there isn't one - that is, that (contrary to appearances) if one part of the world were improved, the ramifications would result in it being worse elsewhere, and worse overall. It is a "bump in the carpet" theory: push evil down here, and it pops up over there. Leibniz put it by saying this is the "Best of All Possible Worlds".
- James Franklin, Leibniz's Solution to the Problem of Evil
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