RE: The Problem of Evil (POE)
If the reason is your choice, the action is free.
The whole point is that you don't choose your desires.
YOu also don't choose your circumstances.
But I know that my will conflicts my desires.
Of course, because you have a hierarchy of desires. You desire some short term comfort and some long term comfort. You don't "choose" which desire you "want more", but your will manifests your most powerful subconscious desire.
I also disagree that you cannot choose your beliefs. We have a tool named logic that we use for exactly this purpose; to convince ourselves of whatever it is we want to believe.
You can't "choose" to believe in Santa Claus, can you?
You can only believe what you are convinced of.
Logic is a tool to find critical errors in systems. It is not a tool for manufacturing false beliefs.
I see not what you consider emotional,
Here's an example, "why do you hate Santa Claus so much? If you believed in Santa Claus, you're life would be so much happier (and filled with colourz)!!
"You must be soooo depressed without Santa Claus in your life!! (you poor sad little lost soul)."
Anyway, do you see the "appeal to emotion" now?