[b]actresscp wrote:[/b] [quote] I ask this: If everything was not predestined, why did God put the tree in the garden in the first place? Had he truly loved everyone and not wanted sin in the world, he would not have put the tree there. Why did he put it there? Maybe because he wanted to put it there. But why...?[/quote] you\'re going to have to explain... i dont see how the tree in the garden argues for predestination... seems more to me like he was giving them a choice