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the theological reason why we have free will that is contiguous with the concept of god:
when christ denies the temptations, he leaves man to fend for himself, follow whoever he wishes, and to keep himself and god a mystery. in doing so, there is no way for man to ever truly know if god exists, it is the choice of the individual to make of things what they wish.
but, i'm going to go with sartre on this one:
we have absolute free will. we have the ability to choose to do ANYTHING we want. whether or not this follows through to success depends on lots of factors, mostly ones beyond our control (hence we despair).
example: a prisoner can choose to break out of prison. he is exerting his free will. it is very likely he will not succeed, however.
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