Said1
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Hagbard Celine said:Right, man made a "choice." But what I'm saying is that God created the potential for evil to exist by putting the tree there, placing the serpent in the garden to tempt man and giving man curiosity. If he had just left the tree out, there would have never been sin.
And the "free choice" man made could have never been free if God is omnipotent because he would have known that man would disobey him.
In that particular scenario, yes. He forbade them to eat from the tree and allowed the snake to enter in order to tempt them into going against his word, thus reaping the consequences. Up that point, they did not know what sin was, they were free from sin. This is an example of consequences resluting from the choices YOU make. Not of God creating all evil so you can decide to obey or not.