text: if god gave us freewill, then why are certain religions trying to restrict it? in the united states, we see certain religions attempting to influence the government to make (or keep) "sinful" things illegal.  if god gave us freewill, then why are religions trying to restrict it?  it seems like religions are trying to stop their god's will. who knows?  i guess people like that just use whatever influence they can get, whether it's religious, political, commercial, etc, to stop people from doing things they think they shouldn't do for one reason or another.  but maybe they should think on stuff like what you said, because goodness knows nothing else is getting through to them, like common sense.