Quote Originally Posted by Myrddraal
Can a god be omni-potent and we have free will. Logical answer: Yes, if he chooses to leave us to choose our own actions.
by giving us free will, god has weakened his own influence, and hence cannot be considered infinitely powerful.
Can an omni-benevolent god allow evil. The logical answer is: if free will is the best thing in the world, the greatest gift, a fundemental good if you will, then god will allow us to choose to be evil, because he cares for us.
nope. only if free will is an overriding good, a force that clears all evil before it (an infinite good, essentially) does this make any sense. you can try to disregard the 'lesser of two eveils' analysis, but it still stands. either murder, for example, is evil, but a lesser evil than taking away our free will to murder others, or murder is no evil at all.

Seriously, this argument can be answered by simple logic.
i admire your daring, but more capable men than you and i have tried dealing with this question before. if it was such a clear-cut case, we wouldn't be talking about it.