The Bridge of San Luis Rey

What is the theme in The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder?

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Brother Juniper theorises that God must have measurable purpose in the way he makes his decisions, He picks worthy over the unworthy. Brother Juniper’s research to date, however, had failed to support this hypothesis; in fact he had shown that the unworthy outdid the worthy five to one. He finds this moralistic flaw problematic.