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Originally Posted by fallsauce
but why put the tree there if God knew they would eat it? I know phage said that "omniscience does not necessitate fate." But God would have known it was a possibility (if you see free will as a flow chart)
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What is the point of free will if you have no chance to exercise it? Adam and Eve had only one rule to follow in the garden, but that one rule was crucial in that it gave them the opportunity to disobey God. Many people wonder "Why did God allow humans to disobey Him, if he is all-powerful and can see the future?" Consider if you made yourself a table from scratch, and it held up your stuff well. Do you have any reason to praise the table? Did it do it because it loved you? Can you really love it in return?
Humans were given free will that allows them to follow God's will or not. Any virtue or fault of the table is the virtue or fault of you the creator, but for humanity obedience to God can be rewarded because we did not
have to obey. Of course God knew that it was possible Adam and Eve would break his command, he would have known they would break it before he even created them. The point was that we needed a chance to choose our own path; not allowing us to disobey would make our love hollow and praise pointless.