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By the same token, if we're to assume that God follows it's own rules, then why shouldn't there be evil given free will? It is only when free will is taken away from the equation that you can argue that such a God is directly responsible for evil. We're the ones that make evil on a day to day basis.
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you do realize that the Free-Will argument is the most absurd....even a majority of Theologians disagree with it.....St. Augustine himself criticized how ridiculous it was...
but here's why Free-Will fails...
it still contradicts premise 1 and 2....
if God is all good....yet, human's created evil.....then:
A. God created man, man created evil, thus God created evil....or rather, God created a being which is capable of evil, in which God still created evil....
B. if God is all good, then how can God punish? the act of punishing is an evil act in that the punisher must recognize and understand evil in order to punish it.....an all-good being would be incapable of having such knowledge in that an all-good being would push/resist as far away from evil as possible.....but, the fact remains that if we are granted Free-Will, then why are we punished by choosing what we choose to do? how can we be punished? the idea that you're rewarded for doing this yet punished for doing that is biased.....more over, it contradicts the very noton of Free-Will....in that, you have Free-Will to do as you wish, but only if you "repent" are you able to receive forgiveness from God.....but if we choose not to "repent" then such forgiveness isn't given.....itz biased.....also, if Free-Will were real, and if we truly did have Free-Will, and God allots for it, then God shouldn't be able to punish us for doin' sumtin' he allots.....
but the biggest problem with the Free-Will argument is:
C. it contradicts the power of God.....if humans did indeed create evil via Free-Will, then humans did something God did not do.....humans are their own god in creating good and evil....not God......how can humans have created evil as opposed to the almighty, all-powerful God......more over, it also contradicts God's power in that the Free-Will argument would thus state: God cannot have created evil without creating Free-Will......what kind of all-powerful God is that?
i have a lot of animosity towards the Free-Will argument....simply because i find it very hypocritical that theologians have tried time and time again to convince to church to get rid of the Free-Will argument in that it is the most absurd argument for the existence of evil......but, the church feels that itz the best way simple-minded followers can understand the existence of evil....it is much easier to say humans are the cause of evil rather than God.....but the argument fails in itz logic....