Surely it would have been better never to have been created at all than, having been created, to be neglected and perish; and, besides that, such ind… - Athanasius of Alexandria

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Surely it would have been better never to have been created at all than, having been created, to be neglected and perish; and, besides that, such indifference to the ruin of His own work before His very eyes would argue not goodness in God but limitation, and that far more than if He had never created men at all. It was impossible, therefore, that God should leave man to be carried off by corruption, because it would be unfitting and unworthy of Himself.