It's not a crutch for me, and most Christians I know, we live in a relationship with Christ. We have lives outside the church, involved in many things, caring about the world around us but, we live our lives with a Christian world view, as we should.
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God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.