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Satan in the Garden: God did not place Satan there; Satan's presence does not negate human free will responsibility for the Fall.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28) 01:09:54 – 01:12:26

Brian Harper asks why a God who hates evil would place evil incarnate (Satan) in the Garden knowing it would lead to human corruption.

Winger challenges multiple premises in the question: (1) Satan is not "evil incarnate" — evil has no incarnation; (2) the text does not say God placed Satan in the Garden; (3) the Fall was caused by Adam and Eve's free will choice, not by Satan alone. Satan was a factor but the primary cause was human free decision. The drug dealer analogy: if someone offers you drugs and you take them and die, blaming God for placing the dealer there deflects personal responsibility. The question's framing attempts to make God the bad guy, which Winger finds philosophically incoherent. He rejects the premise that God could do something morally wrong.

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