"Yes," was the answer.
"When a child was born, what didst thou?"
"I made a great rejoicing."
"What cause hadst thou to rejoice? Dost thou not know that they must
die?"
"Yes, that is true; but in the time of enjoyment I do not think of the
future."
"So was it with God," said Rabbi Joshua. "He knew that men would sin;
still that knowledge did not prevent the execution of his beneficent
purpose to create them."