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1. Man has the gift of freedom You attack freedom: as if everything is built in such a way that you want it or not, do it. You just have to take a closer look at your affairs, even in one day or half a day, and you will see that we do everything ourselves, and we do it because we want to. Who brought you to Vysha? Did someone drag you tied up or did you decide and come? What you call compulsion is an impulse without which things cannot be done freely. But the urge is not a need to do, but a proposal to do something. A deed is proposed, the soul debates whether to do it, and decides whether to do it or not. No one can force this decision from the soul. She decides for herself. Divine power does not come here and does not bind the freedom of the soul with any wave. The ancestors have fallen. Why? They found that it was better not to fulfill the commandment, and they broke it. The serpent suggested. Eve reasoned and found that what he was offering was not bad, and according to her intelligence, she decided to pick the fruit and taste it. No one forced this decision. The spirits also fell; of course, as a result of reasoning and a personal decision that it is better not to listen to God, but to live according to one’s own understanding. They thought so and fell away from God. No one forced this decision. This is how every soul acts. There can be many motives - both the most powerful and compelling ones, but the decision always depends on the will of the soul. She can decide in defiance of all compulsory impulses (1, pp. 163–164). Having thus realized that a free decision is always from us, you must assume that God’s omniscience does not have a determining influence on it (1, p. 165). Such is the fall of the ancestors and spirits. They fell freely, although God foresaw it. On God's part, everything has been done so that we do not fall. It was clearly said to the ancestors: “Do not eat.” And he indicated the consequences (1, p. 165). You might be interested in: