Originally posted by: greencapt
I'd like to hear how each of you interprets the 'free will' aspect- At what point were 'people' (collectively and future generations) given the choice? I understand as written Adam and Eve were given the choice, but just because they screwed it up why does everyone else in history have to pay for it? Isn't that a bit like punishing the whole class when one person doesn't follow the rules?

Funny you should bring that up. My personal belief is that we are responsible for our own sins, and not for what Adam and Eve did. What Adam and Eve did by partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was to bring mortality into the mix. Prior to this, Adam and Eve lived in a state of ignorant bliss, and it was only by partaking of the forbidden fruit that they knew joy and sorrow. They also made it necessary for a Saviour, being Jesus Christ, to come into the world and make salvation possible for all of us. i'm not going to discuss this point any further in this thread, but PM me if you want to know more.
We have had choice from day one.