(pb)
Exactly!!!
Everything has to be tested, though.
EVERY-THING.
Always this v that.
Always.
Because you have to test conflict, too.
Good Vs. Evil
Accept possibilities.
Work towards and have faith in the best.
But, in the end, we win because we know more about ourselves.
Accept all possibilities*
Why does God let bad stuff happen?
The problem of evil?
Because God knows all.
And God thinking is God materializing (simple view).
Therefore, God must know Evil as well. Therefore, Evil materializes.
God lets bad things happen because if God didn't, God wouldn't be God. God would be limited in its knowledge of Itself, and thus not God.
The simple stuff was the easiest to handle.
Settled what you were describing years ago.
The question is WHY Free Will.
Remember the omnipresence of God before the question of Free Will, I think.
THAT muddies a lot of the simple stuff.