You are subtly avoiding the word "free," HD. There is a difference between a choice and a free choice. Giving a child a cooke and a broccli is not a choice; it's a given. Might as well just give him a cookie! Especially if you KNOW what he will choose in advance because you wrote the book, and you decided that he will "choose" the cookie.
But doing that to the child is also tempting him and baiting him. Because the child cannot reason, he can be tricked, fooled and trapped. What happend in the Garden of Eden was nothing like that. Adam and Eve had a full faculty of reason. God's instructions were clear. They were not tricked into taking a cookie.
If anything God gave Adam and Eve a chance to repent; instead, Adam chose to blame God for giving him that woman who tempted him, and Eve blamed the Serpent God permitted in the Garden. What was lacking in both was humility to repent and ask for forgiveness. Instead, they blamed either God or the devil for their choice, just as we do to this day!
Your example is no different than giving a dog a piece of meant and an onion. Guess which one will the dog go for? That's because dogs are dogs. Their nature is carnivorous. We, on the other hand, have a choice; we are not defined solely by our carnal nature. It comes with reason.
God wanted us to be rational creatures, capable of making right decisions. God's blessings are just that: blessings. And what God gives is good. What we do with out talents is up to us; we can either multiply them for the benefit of others or we can use them for evil ends. Either way, it is our decision, with God's permission and blessing.
That's why children are not allowed to choose freely. Their reason is simply not developed enough to do that. So, we must make a decision for them until they are reasonable enough (accroding to our human standards) to make autonomous decisions.
God did not create man to choose evil. Man chose evil freely and God permitted it. God decided that He will not force our choice, for a forced choice is no choice as forced love is no love.
Why do you believe that man is free when Scripture says he is a slave to sin? Nobody but MAN keeps him from God. Not God. Not the church. Man's own evil will keeps him from turning to God.
My example is perfect legitimate on the state of man.
Because the child cannot reason, he can be tricked, fooled and trapped. What happend in the Garden of Eden was nothing like that. Adam and Eve had a full faculty of reason. God's instructions were clear. They were not tricked into taking a cookie.
Don't tell Eve who was deceived.
That's because dogs are dogs. Their nature is carnivorous. We, on the other hand, have a choice; we are not defined solely by our carnal nature. It comes with reason.
If that's the case, statistically throughout the billions and billions of people over time, at least one other person should have been able to live a perfect life. These odds are worst than the lottery.
Man chose evil freely
Why can't anyone not choose evil?