[Telepathic Intruder]

The cause of misery is the gift of free will. With free will comes the choice to do either good or bad. Without it, we’d be no different than animals, driven by instinct only. Since being tossed from the Garden of Eden for abusing that gift, God never said this world would be easy. We’d live by the sweat of our brow, subject to various calamities, and eventually die. Does a soldier complain about the danger he’s in? But he still loves his country.

[IrishBrigade]

‘With free will comes the choice to do either good or bad’

Ah, yes, I see...all those children being sucked up a tube in a vacuum aspiration, those scraped out through curettage, or those having their brains sucked out by intact dilation and extraction were all choosing to do bad...glad you cleared up that little bit of divinity for me...

[Buttons12]

The cause of misery is the gift of free will. With free will comes the choice to do either good or bad. Without it, we’d be no different than animals, driven by instinct only.

Plenty of misery here for animals too...and some of them are capable of making choices, both intelligent and foolish. They have less foresight by far than we have, and with all we have we still sometimes make reasonable, intelligent choices and end up horrified at the consequences. Much is unknowable, whether you're man or worm.

[cloudmountain]

The cause of misery is the gift of free will. With free will comes the choice to do either good or bad. Without it, we’d be no different than animals, driven by instinct only. Since being tossed from the Garden of Eden for abusing that gift, God never said this world would be easy. We’d live by the sweat of our brow, subject to various calamities, and eventually die. Does a soldier complain about the danger he’s in? But he still loves his country.

Well put!
Free will....