“I don’t think there’s a good answer..”
He realises what he’s just said, and, respectful of God and Aquinas, hastily moves to qualify, mindful that his previous spontaneous musings have been broadcast around the world and unhelpfully interpreted by a largely unsympathetic media.
“..in an intellectual sense..”
Phew.
The media won’t do Thomistic philosophy.
“I don’t think there’s an answer which says, ”˜That’s it.’”
That’s neat.
“I’m not a good enough theologian,” he justifies, before going on to expound the Book of Job…