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My initial scenario really wasn't pertaining to the fall, but I'll adjust...
But the fall has everything to do with what you tried to set up.
There's a room full of school children. I've placed in the room a rabid dog inside a cage. I've put the latch to the cage at a height easily accessible to the children and I've made the latch easy to open. I've also allowed an adult in the room with the children. The adult tells the children that, even though there's a sign saying not to let the dog out, the dog is nice and wants to play with them. And the dog is magic and will give them presents.
This is still not representative of the characters in the Fall. Although Satan did sort of trick them, he would not have been seen as an authority figure.
Now, am I culpable when they open the cage and get mauled? Even if I "love" them after?
Not when you fix your scenario.
Oh wait, I forgot something... In this scenario I'm psychic. And I know for sure that the adult in the room will be persuasive enough to get the children to open the cage.
Because God's omnipresence to "psychic" is a bit of an understatement, you want to continue to blame him for Man's condition, even though it was Man's choice.
I'm pretty sure any court in any country would convict me.
Let's just say, the Judge would disagree.
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