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free will is the ability to choose what path one takes in life. Defying the laws of physics is completely different than choosing to steal or not, etc. Free will != you can do whatever you want. Free will != no consequences for your actions. It just means that you have the ability to make choices about your life and who you are.
As for accepting God on faith or on reason, both are equally free decisions. There is a big difference between using your own brain to reason the existence of God - i.e. coming to the conclusion on your own based on your life experiences - and being given irrefutable evidence thus denying your freedom to reject God.
It should be pointed out that, in the case of accepting or rejecting "God," it is a matter of leading ones life in a Good way, not saying the words "I believe in the Christian God." The words are meaningless. The person one chooses to be is what has meaning. Thus, I believe, as does the Catholic Church and I know many other religions (just as well as many DON'T believe this) that accepting God is not necessarily done in a single religion and can be done in almost any religion. We get caught up over the fact we all have different names for a "greater power," when despite the different names many times the ideas of how to lead one's life are the same.
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