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I’ve never said that God is the problem. I’ve agreed that God is not the problem; man is.

God allows man to make that choice.

That’s right. With free will comes potential, both for good and for evil. That also is right. No doubt.

God allows everyone to get into trouble.

Yes. Why was the tree there? What is it’s purpose? Why did he tell them not to eat of that tree? Why didn’t he prevent them from eating of that tree?

God can stop evil from existing. He hasn’t. It continues because he allows it to continue.

Thinking about the proposition that God is either Satan or Satan works for God and God is directing Satan to go out to kill and destroy -> Job.

There is purpose in it, and it starts with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

If we can’t get past the easy part of theodicy, how will we get past the hard part?

For me, that’s the easy part of theodicy. For others, it’s just a false premise. God says he creates evil (Isaiah 45:7). And he certainly allows evil.

God does need for man to exist in order for man to worship him. God’s solution? Create man.

God created man (and everything else) for a purpose. Using our God-given reasoning ability -> God needs for man to exist in order for there to be man to worship him. God created what was needed for his ends.

“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” - Paulo Coelho

What you should see is a person who is wrestling with the issue of why God allows evil. Scripture is provided sporadically, by myself and others. God created the heavens and the earth. (Scripture.) What need was there for him to do that? You say none. I say God has a plan and makes what he...

“… no service is done God by overextending His edicts or by overextending His potentially infinite, but not necessarily manifested, attributes.” (David Birnbaum, God and Evil, p. 170)

For you there wasn’t. I also write for the benefit of others, as do you. For them, there is or may be a need.

There’s no need for me to repeat what you already know concerning the state of our agreement. They wanted to? He isn’t they, in my theology. And he needed the pieces of the plan in order to execute his plan. He made them. Alone. By himself.

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” - Booker T. Washington