ld not have been a perversion of a good because if that were so, and he was naturally all good, then he would have felt remorse. He would not have felt such pleasure in the act. It was the evil that part of him craved. He said, "If any part of one of those pears passed my lips, it was the sin that gave it flavour." How could anyone enjoy such sin if it wasn't already in him or her? The reason is that he had evil in him, we all do. If we didn't, then we wouldn't sin. Some would say that we are good and the gift of free choice allows us to sin. But if that were true, then we still wouldn't sin. How would we be able to perverse good if the ability to do it isn't in us? The ability and desire too perverse is evil. So if we do possess that ability and desire then we must possess evil. This paradox goes back a long time before Augustine. It goes back a long time before man. The angels themselves were created as beings of worship for the Lord. After an extensive search of the bible, I have failed to locate any passage that explains the creation of the angels. Nowhere in the bible does it state whether or not angels have free will. Assume that they do have free will, Lucifer and his angels' chose freely when they decided to go against the Lord. This choice of Lucifer's is not documented at any point in the bible. When the war in heaven broke out it was divided into two sides, God's and Lucifer's. Michael, God's general, won the battle. Lucifer and his minions were cast down from the heavens. From this time on Lucifer would be known as the very e
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