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    If God is omniscient, God foreknew that humans would prod... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The cause of all evil in the world is man, not God

    If God is omniscient, God foreknew that humans would produce evil prior to creating them.

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    • 1.Omniscience means knowing all true propositions, including all future human choices and their consequences.
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    • 2.If God created humanity knowing evil would result, God bears responsibility for enabling that evil.
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    • 3.An all-powerful being could have created different beings or circumstances that would not produce evil.
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    • 1.Foreknowledge of free choices doesn't cause those choices; knowledge is passive observation, not causation.
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    • 2.Humans, not God, are responsible for their own evil choices even if God foreknew them.
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    • 3.A world with free agents capable of genuine moral choice may have greater value than one without evil possibility.
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