According to Mackie, it is sometimes suggested that "Evil is due to human free will." Mackie criticizes this position when he says that this "solution of the problem of evil, then, can be maintained only in the form that God has made men so free that he ..."
A) cannot be eternal.
B) cannot control their wills.
C) cannot exist in us.
D) cannot be omniscient.

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Mackie criticizes the suggestion that evil is due to human free will, arguing that if God has made men so free that he cannot control their wills, then he cannot be held responsible for the evil actions that result from this free will. This idea undermines the traditional concept of an all-powerful and all-good God, as it suggests that there are some things that God cannot do.

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