ונהפך הוא האט געשריבן:מי אני האט געשריבן:[left]If it is conceded and agreed that Free Will is an intrinsic good per se and that it outweighs the evils that inevitably arise due to said freedom of choice, then it can be argued that creating Free Will [the “Good”] without the subsequent evils that arise due to its utilization is an internal and logical contradiction. In which case it does not fall within the remit of “possible” and is not within the purview of G-d’s omnipotence; it’d be akin to His “inability” to create a square circle. This is unless one advances a quasi-Frankfurtian position in which Free Will is logically concordant with the inability to actually fulfill an evil choice; cf. Dr. Andrea Weissberger and others. Though, in that case, the philosophical burden of proof has seemingly shifted to those opposing said Theodicy.
If you were to argue from an Absolute Omnipotence stance, in which logical contradictories do not present an impediment to G-d’s power and ability, then the [Logical] Problem of Evil seemingly does not find purchase. For how can one argue a logical contradiction with respect to G-d [“Existence of Evil” against “G-d’s Omnibenevolence”] when in said domain logical contradictions don’t present a difficulty? Unless you wish to differentiate between solely “G-d’s ability/omnipotence” where this issue is of no consequence and the broader idea of G-d in general where it is.[/left]
On your second paragraph, if you say that God can't be viewed in a logical way, then there's no reason to say anything about him at all. Any logical conclusions about God, like he wants us to do mitsvos, are intrinsically false, because a human could never understand God. So there's no reason to do anything for God, because you are using human logic, which can't be used for god.
[left]True (assuming you accept the first horn of the argument). Although, technically you don’t necessarily have to resort to the preclusion of Logic from the domain of G-d, for this theological difficulty to arise. Meaning, a Negative/Apophatic Theology with regard to G-d and His attributes subsequently entails (some form of) Theological Non-Cognitivism: statements with regard to “His Will” and “His Commandments” are ultimately vacuous. The way one reconciles this difficulty with religious observance can possibly serve to assuage as well this difficulty in the framework of Absolute Omnipotence and the logical preclusion it entails.[/left]
ונהפך הוא האט געשריבן:The square circle example you bring up still doesn't answer anything. The reason a square circle is impossible is because god made a square and a circle different. According to this logic, he has to have made free will intrinsically good, and the alternative bad, but our sense of the word "bad" is referring to pain, which God inflicted opon us by making free will a intrinsically good thing. If God was ALL good, then he wouldn't have made free will, a partly bad thing, into a intrinsically good thing.
[left]The idea is that it is the essences of the square and circle that preclude them from being in the same substrate in tandem. Now, if one is to accede that Free Will is an intrinsic “Good”, to an extent that it outweighs the evils that can arise when one abuses it which is within its essence of what defines “Free” Will, then stating that He should create Free Will without creating evils is the same contradiction in terms. You can argue that He shouldn’t have created Free Will at all, but in that case this “Good”, which has been conceded outweighs its associated evils, would have been lacking in Creation. In other words, you can’t have one without the other, just as you can’t have a square without its “edginess”.
You can still argue that Free Will is not an intrinsic “Good”; at least insofar as outweighing the evils that accrue as a consequence.[/left]