How do christians view apostasy

[Tonus]

Guys here stumble over free will, claiming there isn't any.
If that was the case- we would go from whacked- out to triumphant in one fell swoop.
It don't happen.

It seems that research into psychology is showing us why we act the way we do, and scientists are starting to understand that the idea of going "from whacked-out to triumphant in one fell swoop" almost never happens thanks to the way our beliefs and behavior are learned and the way our brain processes information. There are ways to effect that change in such a short time, but they are usually traumatic in one way or another.

In any case, "free will" is another of those terms that religion has (IMO) co-opted for the sake of convenience; it's a simple and easy way to clear god of blame for the mess that the Genesis story describes, where the people HE created interacted with the serpent HE created and ate of the fruit that HE put within reach... but none of it was HIS fault. It's an awfully poor excuse, but when the Bible gives you lemons...