My claim that we have evil in this world because of our libertarian freedom does not fully address the notion of the “problem of evil.” Saying that we have evil in this world is like saying that we have bad decisions in this world. Bad decisions, just like evil, have no form. Every decision made by God is a good decision, so God cannot do evil. Human beings started evil. Indeed, the first humans (Adam and Eve) gave rise to evil because everything ultimately came from them. So everyone after Adam and Eve is intrinsically evil. This idea is evident in our lives because every human being has committed evil. The ultimate problem is not how an omnipotent God can exist while evil exists, the ultimate dilemma is how a holy God can accept human beings who are not holy. Stephen T. Davis in “Free Will and Evil” writes: “All the moral evil that exists in the world is due to the choices of free moral agents that God created” (Davis). Davis argues that free will is the answer to the problem of evil. This is consistent with my view that evil exists because of our libertarian freedom. Unlike Hick, Davis is consistent with my response to evil and is also consistent with how evil is resolved regarding heaven and hell. Davis states: “I believe that hell exists, but I don't believe that it is a place where people who protest are taken against their will to be tortured for revenge. I believe that people who end up separating themselves from God will freely choose hell and would be miserable in the presence of God. Having lived their lives apart from God, they will eternally choose to continue doing so. So it is not a bad thing that they do not spend eternity in the presence of God. People who prove to be incorrigibly evil will never get to the... center of the card... our life without evil! With this you get complete forgiveness, covered by the righteousness of Jesus Christ, and when God looks at you when you encounter death, he sees the cross and when he looks at you he sees Christ. This is how anyone makes it to heaven and this is how evil is ultimately defeated. Works Cited Davis, Stephen T., and John B. Cobb. "Free will and evil." Encountering Evil: Live Options in Theodicy. Atlanta: J. Knox, 1981. 74-89. Print.Hick, John. "The Irenaean Theodicy." Classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Page No. Print.The Holy Bible: The King James Version. Canberra: Bible Society in Australia, 1993. Print.Murray, Michael J. “Heaven and Hell.” Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and Guide. By William Lane. Craig. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2002. Page No. Press.