The nature of God according to Dostoyevsky

The other side of Dostoyevsky: the sinner has a chance to be saved(himself). God allows no evils; man does evil things (sin). Father Zossima exits this part of reality , not through his frail body , but through his faith, his soul. That's why he decays; the body itself is the coffin separating Zossima from God. The paralyzed Locke had faith; MIB choose him for his faith. MIB needed faith. He had none himself. That's why I have maintained that Ben could have destroyed MIB at any time. The danger was Locke's blind determination. ( Remember MIB said of all of the losties, Locke alone had faith). As for Hugo, the very opposite of Alexy: he was born with the power over death. He did not have faith until the last season. He was running from his gift; It is he who walks among us, but is not like us.
Ah! The grand inquisitor: the devil explains the temptation of Christ in most unique manner. You need to know of the influence Spain had over Portugal, the legends of St. James living and dying in Spain, the importance of 1492: genocide in the New World and mass expulsion of the Muslims and the Jews from Iberia. Read it yourself -- the case against God. He is real but worthy alone of a second executiom. Would you burn Him?
In this passage, the reader is asked to make a choice. Dostoyevsky makes a first argument that all things (the way things are now) depend on what Christ did when he was tempted. If you care about religion, it really does not matter. What matters is if you want freedom and knowledge. the author's case is simple: freedom and the ability to learn depend on God's choices, the choices He made in those 40 days in the desert.