I dont care for the thought that our only free will is the will to sin or not to sin, although that undoubtedly is an important part of it. There are many many other decisions we make though that I believe are our own, from who to marry to what career to follow. Where to live, how to worship, from the simplest thing to nearly the most complex life-spanning project.
If I get my theology right, however, we would be as the angels if not for the eating of the fruit. Meaning that we would remain in a sinless world doing no wrong, only living in oneness with God and and doing only his will. Thats the way I interpret it at least. Life would be quite a different affair if this were so since we wouldn't really be doing anything but frolicking and being happy.
But angels can sin as well, assuming you believe in the war in heaven. They do have the choice not to serve God. In fact, as far as we know, they may even have the choice to ignore God as many people do.
So angels are capable of evil. Were Adam and Eve not capable of evil until they ate of the tree and learned the nature of what is good and what is evil? Or were they like children who couldn't understand right and wrong and then God made them "grow up" and understand as a punishment? If we were capable of evil anyway, what was the point of the tree existing?
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If I get my theology right, however, we would be as the angels if not for the eating of the fruit. Meaning that we would remain in a sinless world doing no wrong, only living in oneness with God and and doing only his will. Thats the way I interpret it at least. Life would be quite a different affair if this were so since we wouldn't really be doing anything but frolicking and being happy.
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That is, admittedly, an interpretation, and I don't feel like double checking the language to see what lead me there at the moment.
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