Christian Theodicy in Light of Genesis and Modern Science by William A. Dembski

New Perspective to the Fall

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Precisely because a created will belongs to a creature, that creature, if
sufficiently reflective, can reflect on its creaturehood and realize that it is
not God. Creaturehood implies constraints to which the Creator is not
subject. This may seem unfair (certainly it is not egalitarian). The question
then naturally arises, Has God the Creator denied to the creature some
freedom that might benefit it? Adam and Eve thought the answer to this
question was yes (God had denied them the freedom to know good and
evil). As soon as the creature answers yes to this question, its will turns
against God. Once that happens, the will becomes evil. Whereas
previously evil was merely a possibility, now it has become a reality. In
short, the problem of evil starts with thinking that God is evil for
withholding benefits he could readily have conferred.