Rational defense of Christianity?

[Mudhammam]

Using you own circular reasoning, he knew that before setting up the experiment. You guys are always stressing he's omniscient after all. So it was all for the heck of it.

Do you know what happens to a monarch butterfly if you cut him free of his cocoon rather than allowing him to struggle through it himself? Without the resistance the cocoon offers his wings never fully develop as he forces himself though the cocoon fluid is forced through the capillaries in his wings allowing the to expand. Without this struggle the butterfly never fully develops.

Evil/evil people are the 'cocoon' to Christianity's butterfly. They provide the evil nessary to develop the character and tests/proofing needed for one to be ready for eternal service to God.

That is why I say satan is not God's arch enemy. He is a servant (reluctant) but still yet serves a purpose in this life, as per the book of Job.

It strikes me as highly ironic that on Christianity, the greatest good can only be attained---in status and recognition---through the creation of the greatest evil. Yet one can easily imagine, to the detriment of Christian theology, degrees of goodness not marked by any degrees of pure evil. Our only conclusion must be that Yahweh represents extreme confusion, struggle, and despair, and given the testimonies of countless saints, this appears to be precisely the sentiment they've allowed themselves to be devoured by too.