Ep. 140: Rik Storey vs David Bentley Hart & RC Sproul on Free Will & Sin.

The Mindcrime Liberty show is joined by Rik Storey to discuss whether sin exists.  One of the more common maneuvers is to state that sin exists because free will exists, thus, in order to explain sin one must explain free will. Our guest Rik Storey defends free will as being integral to his understanding of Catholic Christianity. What are the limitations of free will and who are some Christian theists who are opposed to this view? Do the so-called extremes of modern theology represented by the American Calvinists RC Sproul and universalists David Bentley Hart agree that free will doesn’t exist? Why would any free healthy creature choose anything but God?  Why does anyone purposely and freely choose evil or destructive actions?   Ignorance and love of evil?  Why would God allow this?  Is God an open theist? Does god construct a world of character building theodicies which he is uncertain of the outcome? Is God's sovereignty as defined by Aquinas and others  incompatible with creaturely free will?