(October 10, 2013 at 2:32 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: First you have it backwards. Free will is a prerequisite to evil not the reverse. You can still freely choose between various goods.
That doesn't make any sense. The whole problem is that evil exists, and the defense is that evil is the consequence of allowing free will. If free will is a prerequisite to evil, that means the defense is baseless.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
