# God and judgment **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 9, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-and-judgment/643703 "2012-12-09T03:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![missyzilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@missyzilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missyzilly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-and-judgment/643703/10 "2012-12-10T11:42:18Z")
> [@Why did God create Lucifer Morningstar? (Satan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-god-create-lucifer-morningstar-satan/641751/140): > > If we had free will there would be no punishment for our actions. The fact that God is said to have punished Adam and Eve for disobeying, shows they didn’t have free will,but had to do as God wanted.So the free will is just to do as God commands? Yes you do have free will so did Adam and Eve. They did get punished but they had freedom of choice . If they did not they would not have choice to eat the fruit. They were told not to eat it and told that the would die. Then they were tempted and they had the free will to eat it . Even with the knowledge of punishment we still have free will. When they ate the fruit did God Kill them no. He asked them who told you that you were naked they said the snake and you no the rest . But what God did next was made them garments to cover them. He still loved them he told them there punishment and they lived happily ever after until they died. The punishment does not take away free will. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-and-judgment/643703)._