Is "free will" a proper defense against the problem of evil. Christians say that it is. However it's not entirely clear why. If it's a good that justifies the acceptance of some evil, then that runs into LadyforCamus' objection. The other possibility I see is that by allowing free will, humans become the responsible party in any evil transaction and it's no longer God's duty to stop them, as doing so would be an unreasonable restraint on their free will. However, God denies us certain actions by design, why would disallowing rape, either by intervention or design, be an unreasonable restraint? Is free will not free will if you are denied the option of evil?
Is there a version of this argument from free will which lets God off the hook.
(As an observation on the thread, I did not clearly see why people were claiming C_L was complicitous in rape until LfC clarified her objection to the line of reasoning at my request. So it's entirely possible that C_L simply didn't understand why people were leveling their charges at her.)
Is there a version of this argument from free will which lets God off the hook.
(As an observation on the thread, I did not clearly see why people were claiming C_L was complicitous in rape until LfC clarified her objection to the line of reasoning at my request. So it's entirely possible that C_L simply didn't understand why people were leveling their charges at her.)
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