"I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars"

Charles Darwin's quote suggests that he does not believe that a kindhearted and all-powerful God would have intentionally created parasitic wasps to feed on the living bodies of caterpillars. He suggests that such a design would be terrible and unfair, which it would contrast the nature of a caring and supreme God. Darwin's quote shows his belief that the natural world is not the item of a magnificent plan, but rather the outcome of natural choice and evolution. He recommends that the suffering of some animals is a regrettable consequence of the process of natural choice, instead of a purposeful act of a divine being. Darwin's quote is an example of his rejection of the idea of a divinely-ordained natural world, and his belief that the natural world is the result of natural processes.