wrong in the exercise of their freedom; this is the source of moral evil. The fact that free creatures sometimes go wrong, however, counts neither against God’s omnipotence nor against His goodness; for He could have forestalled the occurrence of moral evil only by removing the possibility of moral good. (Freedom, 30) If God made us so that we would be internally compelled to do His will, we would not be free. Adam and Eve’s free-will decision to sin brought devastation, pain, disease, and