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Goodlife, the question is not whether God’s purpose is to convert the world or destroy it – the question is why, if he wanted perfect, sinless man, did he bestow free will at all? He is allegedly omnipotent, so he has no excuse. If man has caused him so much grief, God really is the willing author of his own misfortune. He’d have been better off sticking to what he had in the first place.
And this question doesn’t arise from sifting through religious confusion – it arises from the application of common sense.
Do you have an answer?