God posits his Otherness - the World. Godmanhood is not only the essence of Christ but also the historical process designed to unite God and world. This union cannot be a single act imposed by God on humanity because humanity must unite itself with God freely. Freedom is the likeness of God in man, while perfection is the image of God in man. The achievement of perfection through freedom is the task of humanity.
Freedom presupposes the free choice between good and evil and thus creates the possibility of evil.
Evil cannot be eradicated otherwise than through man's own free will for good. Evil manifests itself in egoism and suffering. Egoism and suffering are the two aspects of one process of alienation. To overcome suffering, one must overcome one's own egoism. Sexual love is not a means for the larger quantity or better quality of the progeny, since its goal is not multiplicity, but the creation of ideal personality .