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An infamous question from the pit; quite similar "if you are the Son of God, jump for His angels will catch you.”

So my answer to the tenor of your rhetorical question is NO.

First of all God establishes right & wrong for His creation.
Second God will not be taught morality by the created.
Third read Job 4:17; Job 40:8;
Fourth read James 1:13;
Fifth read Rom 9
The above all helped me.
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Then from a personnel point of view when the same question flits through my mind I answer as Luther did with the aid of 3 lights; the light of nature, the light of grace, & the light of glory. The question falls under the light of nature sans the other two lights. Adding the light of grace does not answer the apparent fact that an all loving, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God would cause/let/allow/pick-your-favorite-word that some go to hell for eternity, but it does yield the confidence, not the answer,that one under its light will continue to trust & obey as God gives a measure of grace.

The answer might be found under the light of glory – don’t know; I doubt it though because that would make me close to knowing too much.

But men have thought to answer the question in order to get God off the hook. They do that contrary to scripture by removing God from His sovereignty in salvation; that by announcing that man has free will and thus making him ultimately his own savior.

But does that help under the light of nature. No, then you have an all loving, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God, holding back & not saving everyone – like letting your rebellious son play in the middle of a freeway when you had all you needed to keep him from being killed. I advise against worshipping at the alter of free will.

Bottom line; you have simply made yourself more righteous than God - I wouldn’t do such a thing, or I wouldn’t believe in a God who would … As for the first “wouldn’t” been there done that myself, finally quit asking. You should do the same. If you do not, face up to the simile & then tell me you are comfortable with a straight face.

Man under the light of nature only has many other ways to get God off the hook including limiting the omni’s; restoration of all things –universal salvation … too many to know or mention.

So men, or rather at least some of them were created for damnation?

2) God knew man would fall;

3) God created hell;

You tell me.

HD, does this not then require a belief that God is the author of evil?

He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him....But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting {Him} to grief; If He would render Himself {as} a guilt offering, He will see {His} offspring, He will prolong {His} days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. Isa 53:3-10

"For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur." Acts 4:27-28

The Lord God the Father decides what will take place. Not you and certainly not me. He decided to smite His only Son for His glory. He used man to do that predestined from the dawn of time. Although it was God's decision and God's plan God did not carry out the deed.

Would you say that God's plan for killing His only Son makes God the author of evil?