In the reading, the mortal says, "You mean there is nothing satisfactory you can now do, that does not mean that there is nothing you could have done." To which God responds, "What could I have done?" To this the mortal says ...
A) You should not have created the devil to tempt humans.
B) You should never have created the universe at all.
C) You should never have given me free will in the first place.
D) You should have given humans a better moral compass by which to choose.

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The mortal is suggesting that God could have not given humans free will in the first place, which would have prevented them from making choices that led to evil and suffering. This echoes the classic philosophical debate about the problem of evil, which questions how a benevolent God could allow evil to exist if he had the power to prevent it.

In the Reading, the Mortal Says, "You Mean There Is