Originally Posted by frogza

God has a plan. That plan is to reward men for thier actions here on earth. If he stopped us every time we were about to make a mistake, thereby making us perfect, who would be the one worthy of reward? God and God alone. If we are perfect due to compulsion we can not take credit for that perfection. The credit for any action is exclusive to the person responsible for the action. The only way one person can be rewarded and another punished fairly is to allow them to live without forcing them into or away from any action.