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[–] droans 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

According to the Bible, God never gave man free will. He only gave us the free will to accept the knowledge of actions. However, it reads more like how you would think of a child as innocent – humans didn't know what was good or bad. Of course, the Garden of Eden was never real and the story was just a story.

However, the Bible also states that the reason we have free will is because love and good aren't forced. You can't love someone or perform a good deed if those are your only options. You have to choose to do so. The angels also had free will which is what led to Lucifer and his followers.

I'm not religious anymore, but my parents are still super Catholic. My dad taught Sunday school growing up and still works for a church while my mom is a teacher at a Catholic high school.