Originally posted by Ace
I am wondering how a perfect, all-powerful, creator could create an imperfect creation even with the wildcard of free will.
In Genesis, at least, when God created things he called them "good" and "very good". None of them he called perfect; and in any case we are told that heaven is "much better" than the present creation.
To put it another way, just because I'm capable of assembling a balsa wood radio-controlled airplane from a kit doesn't restrict me from making a paper airplane if I feel like it. Or the intermediate Guillows kits either. Each airplane is suited for its intended use: if I want something to toss around for an afternoon, I make a paper airplane; if I want something I can fly outside during the summer, I opt for the radio-controlled version. The paper airplane could be called "okay", the Guillows plane "good", and the radio-controlled model "very good", but there's no inherent reason why I should choose one over the other.
