[AntiGuv]

So do you think allowing gun ownership is evil?

If we had the power to eliminate the evil that guns are supposed to countervail, then yes - so long as we did not also eliminate the evil that guns may enact, in which case it wouldn't matter if gun ownership persisted so long as the evil that they countervail were first eliminated.

God has created beings with the ability to make choices.

Then God's choice has consequences, and the consequences include the choices that would then be made by the created beings.

You have a very simplistic approach to theology

The approach is called "rational" - as opposed to these mental acrobatics trying to make the irrational appear to be rational.

[unlearner]

I said: "You have a very simplistic approach to theology"

You said: "The approach is called 'rational' - as opposed to these mental acrobatics trying to make the irrational appear to be rational."

That really does not answer the point. You can be rational but fail to comprehend abstract concepts. This is simplistic.

We live in a world filled with complex information. You cannot rationally demand that comprehending the Supreme Being, even on an elementary level, can be accomplished without using complex and abstract thinking.

Again, you completely miss the role of redemption. This appears to have taken Satan by surprise as well. He uses your same flawed logic. (See Job 1:6-12 and 2:1-7.)

Yes. Evil exists. And God could have prevented evil. Instead He chose to permit it to exist to demonstrate His power and glory. The existence of evil demonstrates that choice is real. Evil cannot defeat God. He is proving His ability to overcome evil and transforming evil into good. (See Genesis 45:5-8 and 50:20.)

Evil exists, but not permanently. In the end, God will judge evil and bring it to an end. He will also transform evil into good for those who trust in Him.