Falsity of the free will defense for existence of evil

Here, I shall attempt to disprove the following idea: God allows evil to exist because otherwise humans cannot have free will. And without free will, humans cannot love, because love that is not freely expressed cannot be real love. This is simply a restatement of Alvin Plantinga‘s famous free will defense (http://www.iep.utm.edu/evil-log/#H4). First, a little … Continue reading Falsity of the free will defense for existence of evil

Falsity of the free will defense for existence of evil

Here, I shall attempt to disprove the following idea: God allows evil to exist because otherwise humans cannot have free will. And without free will, humans cannot love, because love that is not freely expressed cannot be real love. The above idea has been promulgated by Ravi Zacharias, a widely known “Christian” apologist, who trains … Continue reading Falsity of the free will defense for existence of evil