Free Will and the creation of Man

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I am almost hesitant to introduce this new topic for discussion.  It
seems better suited to a "ministers only" group, but alas, we do not
have one yet. :-(

Anyway, here goes:

I have heard on many occasions that God created man to worship Him,
and that man had to have a free will of his own in order for it to
truley be worship.  The corolary statement is that the angels were
created to worship God day and night, and that they have no choice in
this matter.  

If this is true, then how do we reconcile these two statements with
the following: One third of the angels rebelled (an exercise of free
will!) to become followers of Satan, who likewise rebelled.  If angels
can rebel, then it seems that they too have free will.  This being the
case, then why did God need to create man to have free will and to
worship Him?

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