The freewill defence is grounded on the new proposition of acceptance of the greatness of creation and freewill superior to evil, in particular moral evil, put forward by Alvin Plantinga who is regarded the father of freewill defence in contemporary analytic philosophy. The proposition means that God creates the world with the desire of having moral good. (Chapter 58, Michael L Peterson). Firstly, it is accepted that our world, which was created by God, is a 7 great goodness. Secondly, it is also accepted that he created free creatures, giving us the ability of performing freely which is also a great good since we all having a great enjoyment of choosing what we desire, comprising moral goods. For example, we free creatures help elderly people, …show more content…
(Michael J Murray-Michael Rea, p.163) Therefore, Alvin Plantinga advocates, being created of invaluable freewill gives us the opportunity of existence of moral good. (Chapter 58, Michael L Peterson) However, it is also necessary for us to have the ability of choosing evil. In other words, if free creature is genuinely free, the limitation of choosing only good seems to be impossible since free agent must incorporate the ability of making evil choices as well. (Michael J Murray-Michael Rea, p.163) Though it appeal to be necessary to have the ability of choosing evil in the light of drawn freewill, this view is rejected by J. L. Mackie, defending “compatibilism”2 which means freewill is compatible with determinism, or divine determinism. He maintained that even if creatures would be free, God could predetermine3 their acts to do always right which this view is also supported with the conception of God’s omnibenevolence in which God could determine the freely only choosing good since he have foreknowledge 4 of the future. (Chapter 58, Michael L Peterson) Therefore, atheist can defend this like that.” An omnipotent being can create a world with free creatures never choosing evil, so that God could