(November 6, 2011 at 3:26 am)Faith No More Wrote:Or one could conclude that one of the premises are wrong. I don't advocate that there is no evil in heaven. I believe we still retain our free will in heaven, which means we would still have the choice to deny God and leave or get kicked out of Heaven. It's clearly Christian doctrine that there was a rebellion in Heaven, thus I see no other logical alternative than from Heaven one can rebel still.
Evil would still be a byproduct or consequence from use of your free will that is counter to God's will. Free will doesn't automatically mean sin, which seems to be your disconnect. I believe we also had free will in Eden, they acted negatively on it and got booted. I would assume the same would go for us in Heaven.
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