In the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton tells about a world of both good and evil. Although he can be partially justified for his actions, Satan is pretty much always associated with evil in this world. However, because of God's omniscience Satan can be considered just as innocent as Eve. Even though Eve just ate an apple, and Satan led a war against God, these actions are the same in that they both break the only rules set forth upon Adam and Eve by God. Both of these transgressions can be traced back to God's decision to announce the Savior to all of the angels. If this event started an unchangeable chain of events leading to Eve eating the apple, then God's belief in free will is highly questionable.
             Before God announced to the congregation of angels that mankind would fall, and would need to be saved by one of them, Satan had not committed a sin, and therefore was not evil. It was not until this announcement that sin was born straight out of Satan's head, the moment he thought of dissenting from God. Then why did God tell of this prophecy? If God is omniscient he would be able to tell that this announcement would make Satan create Sin, wage war against Him, dissent into hell, and inevitably travel to earth to corrupt Adam and Eve. God must have wanted Adam and Eve to fall, because he made the choice to give Satan reason to dissent.
             God created Satan, and therefore gave him personality traits and his own conscience. Therefore, God knew just what it would take to push Satan over the edge. What Satan is most guilty of is letting his conscience go too far and make him do something he knew he wasn't supposed to. It is hard to tell how much free will Satan had in his disobedience. If he had chosen to not act like the other angels, the idea of free will would be even less truthful. However, by choosing to go against God, he made a decision that God forced him to make in that way, and therefo...