The traditional doctrines of theology do not solve the painful problem of evil. The ordinary conception of the creation of the world and the Fall turns it all into a divine comedy, a play that God plays with himself….The freedom through which the creature succumbs to evil has been given to it by God, in the last resort have been determined by God….When in difficulities, positive theology falls back upon mystery and finds refuge in negative theology. But the mystery has already been over-rationalized….Freedom is not determined by God.
