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To deny one's own free will is to cop out; to call God a liar and to pretend to be in a position to tell God, on the day that a person faces Him, that the person was not at fault for any kind of behavior he chose (oops! was "forced" to do) to engage in; was not at fault for the beliefs he chose to have, was not at fault for rejecting God, because, after all, if a person doesn't have free will, but is only a puppet, then he can't possibly be held accountable for his actions and behaviors during his life.

It's all about having to face a holy, righteous God and having to answer to that God. People know what God has said about free choice, and they hate the idea that there is this sovereign "God" who reigns over them and over the known and unknown universe, and that this "God" has the unmitigated gall to tell them that there is something wrong with them and, apart from Him and His Son's atoning death on the Cross, there is a price to pay for being on the wrong side of free will.

It's just so much easier and comforting to delude oneself into believing that God is a liar, the Scriptures are a myth, and a person can live his life as he chooses, rejecting God, with no consequences.