The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

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You have a planet with a stable population of 1000 individuals. Half of them will always freely choose evil acts, half will always freely choose good acts. Each day, God removes from this world one of the evil people. In 500 days, there will be no one left but people who freely choose good 100% of the time.

I think it also depends on what god considers good and evil. In the creation account, Adam is given a single "do not." He is not to eat the fruit of one specific tree. What if on one lonely afternoon (when he still had all of his ribs) he decides to masturbate? Did he commit an evil act? What if he swore at a squirrel for dropping a nut on his head? Evil?

Once they'd started populating the planet, what if one of Adam's children started gathering firewood on the Sabbath? What's that? There wasn't a rule against it at that time? There isn't one today either, if you're a Christian. There was only this particular period of time where working on the Sabbath was such an evil act that it was punishable by death. But not anymore!

Where are these lines of "good" and "evil" drawn? Getting a tattoo-- evil? Good? None of the above? Smoking a cigarette? Smoking a joint? Getting tipsy? Coveting your neighbor's iPad? Is coveting still evil, or does it only matter if it leads to theft? Remember that lustful thoughts are just as bad as adultery! So maybe being jealous of your neighbor's car is theft in the eyes of god!