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A. God created the Angels as a form of companion, but more so to have other perspectives. It is said that God is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. If we accept the simple understanding of that, then it seems to say hat God has no surprises. Taking this a bit further, this means that God created this block-buster movie, and now is fated to watch it over and over again for all of eternity. He knows the beginning and the end, and it will always play out the same way forever, and ever, and ever, and ever...
         I don't know about your God, but my vision of God has more control over His reality then to get stuck into an eternal loop. Again, God is the master of paradoxes. Yes, he is the alpha and the omega, but He can also choose to be surprised. Explain how the snake was able to sneak into the garden. How was it that Adam and Eve were able to hide from God? If these were the only indications of God not being 'all seeing' then they might be argued away. The creation of the Angels though is a great oddity though; if God maintains an all seeing eye,  there would be no need for others, if He maintains absolute control over everything. For that matter, the Israelites could never have transgressed, and war and famine would not exist.
         It seems that God choose early on, starting with the very first things, to have a separation of sorts. This may have started as an amusement, but with the creation of His Son Things got a bit too real. The Son could not have a meaningful existence, unless he was given at least some form of independence. It is clearly stated that Christ was there at the creation of the world, and was an active part of that process. The alternative is that Christ was a mere paper-doll for God to pull out when He wanted to talk to Himself.
         If Christ had an independence, then so would the Angels. It is clear that the Angels had a much lower status then Christ, but their existence indicates a need, or at least a purpose for those separate entities. The general purpose of the Angles is to glorify the name of God. Even in this we can see a need for a form of independence, or else it's just God patting Himself on the back. If they were given a form of independence, then this would lead to all types of possibilities for God. By turning a blind eye to their efforts He can truly be surprised and thrilled at their efforts.

Q. So, what are we fated for?

A. The answer is nothing, fate is not an issue. We are the logical extension of the concept of independence. We were created with freewill to choose to do good or evil, to chart our own course, and create the person that we want to be.

Q. The idea of independence makes sense, but why would God allow freewill, especially to the point of having the freewill to hate Him, ignore Him, or even not believe in Him?

A. Love. This has not been some big game God has been playing. It is also, not just another experiment that He's trying out. The creation of things, Christ, others, the Angels, all gave Him something He could never experience as the All, companionship. Beyond that it gave Him a taste of a most unique thing, outer love. God is the embodiment of love, but to have it projected back upon Himself must have been a incredible experience. After a time though God came to the understanding that love that is not freely given, is a shallow thing. Not the Angels, nor Christ himself, have any choice but to love God. God is love. Once you enter the presence of God, you are overwhelmed by that love and can do nothing but echo it.
         We have a choice though - unlike anything in all of God's creation, we can choose to love Him or not. If we love Him, He has gained something that not even He can create, true freely given love.

         Next we will delve briefly into the highly contested issue of Evolution. This is honestly a small issue, compared to the bigger picture, but we will at least look at the possibilities based upon what we've discussed so far.