d Eve were tempted by the Devil to rebel against God's commands and chose to sin. They made this choice of their own accord. This example of the Original Sin shows that when God first created humanity, He valued moral independence so highly that He gave humanity a sense of free will, despite knowing that they might choose to commit evil. It also reinforces the idea that humanity is responsible for its plight and the existence of evil in the world today. It forces humanity to hold itself accountable for the evil that exists in the world and it gives good reasons for why this evil exists.
             Free will provides a good explanation as to why moral evil exists in the world, but in order for the theory of free will to work, it must adequately explain not only moral evil, but natural evil as well. Natural evils that exist in the world are not the result of human action, but that of nature, which is attributed to God. The concept of free will essentially fails to free God of the responsibility of natural evil; therefore, the free will theory cannot ade
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