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If, as you defined it, he were the engineer of his own downfall then yes he would be making his own decisions and be exercising free will.

If God put that programming in place then he would not be the engineer of his own downfall, God would be.

So tell us, do you believe that you have been programmed to make the decisions you make? If yes, then there must be a programmer. If no then there is free will.

Do you think you make your own decisions? If yes then you have free will and cannot blame God for what you decide to do. If no, then there is a programmer.

If you have been arguing all along that God is responsible for all the bad in the world because He programmed people then you are arguing for the existence of God. There is no other way for people to not have free will than for God (or some other programmer) to exist.

But if you are not arguing for the existence of some programmer then you must accept that men have free will. And if men have free will then you cannot argue that God is responsible for all the bad.