Still, I’m glad Tom didn’t do it; and I’m glad that he wasn’t asked to. That story wouldn’t have been nearly as good as the one we have. Perhaps that’s the point—it wouldn’t have been a good story. And maybe the same point applies to our world, and even to our lives. Our troubles, our daily struggles with evil, amount to a better story than one in which our troubles vanish with a casual wave of the Divine Hand.
