It’s that precious free will - making a choice even a little towards God can make a huge difference after a while, kind of like a 2 or 3 degree change of direction - after miles, you’re in a totally different place than you would have been.
Each soul always has choices, every minute.
(Never a dull moment - my motto.)
Yes, but it makes it all the harder to make moral choices or even see them when our own parents encourage the opposite. Otherwise how children are raised, would cease to be a topic of importance. But we all know, it’s crucial to the development of moral adults and in general a moral society.