The Problem of Evil and the Free Will Defense

[Neo-Scholastic]

FNM said that free will violated doctrine. I replied that New Church doctrine was not violated and presented a summary of the doctrine. Whether the doctrine was actually revealed or not was never the issue.

I didn't say it violated church doctrine. I said the claim is paradoxical with the concept of Christian heaven. The free will defense states that evil is necessary for free will to exist, but heaven is a clear example of that not being true. No matter how you try to spin it, the free will defense and Christian heaven cannot co-exist unless you are willing to claim there is no free will in heaven.

First you have it backwards. Free will is a prerequisite to evil not the reverse. You can still freely choose between various goods.