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 "question": "Why did God allow the Fall?",
 "answer": "God allowed the Fall because He chose to give man genuine freedom - and freedom is only real if the choice to reject Him is also real. He valued authentic love and volition over forced obedience, and so, knowing the terrible cost, He built the possibility of the Fall into the gift of a free will. That He gave the gift anyway tells us how highly He values human freedom.",
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  "Why did God permit humanity to have the choice between obeying Him and disobeying Him as described in the Bible?",
  "How did God's decision to grant humanity free will lead to the occurrence of the Fall as mentioned in the book of Genesis?"
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 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
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