300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
This day in July
The only restraint on us is the power of the Holy Spirit to convict our conscience that our actions have consequences. That's why we have guilt. We've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, that's why we need a savior.
Why was there a tree of knowledge of good and evil if God had created a perfect world? God didn't create a perfect world, he created a corrupted one. Now we can understand the difference between corruption and sin.
Free will allows a sentient being to make a decision that he or she knows is wrong. This is disobedience. God gave us the ability to be disobedient. A Biblical word for disobedience is sin.
Something that you may hear if you discuss religion with other people are questions like, Why does God allow evil to exist? It's a really good question, but fortunately we have a really good answer.
The fall of man and the corrupted state of creation aren't the same thing. The universe had to be created in a corrupted state so that the fall of man could take place.