(May 16, 2018 at 8:45 am)possibletarian Wrote:(May 16, 2018 at 8:41 am)CDF47 Wrote: I agree, free will means they can love him or not and obey him or not. It is their choice.
I agree, love cannot be compelled.
Knowing everything does not prevent free will. He offers free will because He chooses not to force His people to love and obey Him or not.
It's the father's will. Besides they had an entire garden of apples to eat from. There was just one they couldn't eat from. Scripture does not indicate it was any better than the rest.
He allows Him in based on His will to see if man would choose Him or not. This may also have to do with the war in heaven and seeing which side man chooses. There are no fence sitters. You either choose God or not.
That's utter bullshit, why oh why do you believe this nonsense ?
Because he really didn’t evolve?