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Adults have free will but children don't. I used to teach Sunday School to 4th grade boys and girls. Every year, I asked them how old they were when their parents taught them how to lie. Their answer was always: "They didn't teach me how to lie, I always have lied." (Free will) It shows up very early. We realize very early on in life that we're going to die early or not so early. Judeo-Christianity says it's a result of "original sin." Why does a child suffer: It rains on the just and the unjust. Science can explain statistically how many children will die of what; actuarians can predict exactly when a person will die within 6-18 months if they have the vital statistics. Often if someone is ill, they can be accurate within days. God set up the system to work the way that it does.