Whenever I bring any of these points up to someone who believes in God, the only answers I get are “It’s hard to explain” or “You should ask someone who’s studied it.”
This is a bit too simplistic for me - especially the “Could God have created a universe with free-will but without evil?” -> “Yes” part, since really, it needs an arguement to show that. A lot of people would want to say that he couldn’t and NOT because he’s not all powerful, but because being omnipotent is being able to do anything possible, and, therefore if something is impossible (for instance, creating a square circle) God’s inability to do it does not make him less omnipotent. The idea of having free will but without evil is problematic, because you then need to show how we can be free, but only make good choices. The argument is far more complex than this makes out.
