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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense
October 10, 2013 at 1:55 am
"3. if God is morally perfect, he wouldn't want evil in the world."

If this is a basic tenet of the argument then you cannot go on to define morality as:

"moral evil is the deliberate disobedience against God and his commandments."

This makes defining God as "morally perfect" a nonsense.
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The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by max-greece - October 10, 2013 at 1:55 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 10, 2013 at 1:28 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Dunno - October 10, 2013 at 2:21 pm
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Chas - October 12, 2013 at 7:58 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 11, 2013 at 5:45 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Cato - October 12, 2013 at 12:07 am
RE: The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense - by Tonus - October 12, 2013 at 10:39 am

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