>>771747
Knowing is not the same as casualty, and the existence of evil is not solely for the testing/punishment of man, but is also a consequence of both free will and a metaphysical separation from God.
God knows all things, but knowing, and even causing, are not equivalent to dictating. There is no direct equivalent for man, as man can only know very few things and does not control as God does, but suffice to say that to know the future does not dictate it, rather understand the order of events. God exists outside of time, He is not waiting to see what happens to us, He already knows all past and future with equal familiarity, as if both were somehow present to us. He did not force anyone to do anything, there is forever the choice to do whatever you may, proven by your own ability to do whatever you may, it is self-evident by your own capacity. Just because God knows the consequence, does not exempt him from the necessity of giving the cause to give that consequence; in simpler terms, God knows the outcome of the test, but He still has to give the test so that we may actually do our action, otherwise we would never have been given a chance.
As for the problem of evil, it arises from primarily from free will. If man were not capable of disobedience there would be no love, just mechanical succession of dictated functions.
Even ignoring this, metaphysically evil must exist. Evil is not a property, but rather a lack of a property which is goodness, which is derivative of God. All things that are not God must be separate from God, obviously; but this means a separation from what is the essence of goodness. And just as a separation from the essence of a truth means drifting into realms of non-universal truth. The further we are from God, the further we must be from goodness, for God is good and goodness itself (not to make God out to be merely a personification of properties, but the divine spirit is the basis of such properties as goodness as well as being God.) It must hold that man must be in sin, for if nothing is perfect save for God, therefore there is no alternative but for sin to exist and for man to partake in it.
>>771761
That's wrong as I understand, God knows all things, even what you're going to eat next week. God exists outside of time.
You can dismiss that in a platitude, but I understand the theology is quite clear. If God was subject to time and not truly omniscient, then He is not God, because that means he is not universal and infinity but ever-expanding in knowledge with time.