Edwards Defense Of God Book Report

world comes from free wills other than God. In Greg’s defense he states that God created humanity and chooses to give each individual his or her own freedom. With the freedom that, God allows us to experience true love and to be able to deal with the possibility of having the evil we have in the world today.

Edward’s questions about God brought another objection about how God whether he knows or does not know the future. He states that God could have prevented all evil by not creating all the bad people. For example Edward questions about why God created Satan. If God knew Satan would cause so much harm to our humanity, why would God let Satan become the evil person he is today? Edward assumed God to be the powerful God that does know the future, who is suppose to know everything. Edward states that God knows all the choices that everyone will make in their lives from the day they are born to today. In Greg’s response he believes that God does not know the choices that each individual will make in the future. God may be an all-knowing God but he limits his power. He does not know the decisions someone will make until they are made.
Edward questioned Greg about the Gospels of Jesus. Edward questions about the proof of the stories about Jesus. In Greg’s response he states that Gospels does not only give us information about Jesus’ life, they are written to help people by bringing them closer to Jesus. To help them get into a relationship with the Savior. Greg states that the Gospels are trustworthy and provides us with the reasons why Jesus sacrificed his life for our