to indulge in vice. To be free to reason is also to be free to embrace folly and resist the truth. Freedom is a double-edged sword. From the Christian perspective, God created us with free will because he wants us to share in his love, know his truth (reason), and take on the character of his goodness (virtue). C. S. Lewis sums up this logic nicely when he writes, “Free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give [us] free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is
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