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Marilyn McCord Adams on Evil

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The Free Will Defense: The Idea That God Created Human Beings With Free Will

Marilyn Adams: God created human beings with free will, hence the ability to perform terrible evil acts. She says that's better than a whirlwind in which we're kind of automata just programmed to be good people. "The appeal to the free will of creatures is underestimates the size gap between God and creatures," she says.

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