(I'm an atheist, but like made-up theology to at least be internally-consistent.)
Me too! I just pretend I'm playing a kind of RPG. And search for logical holes in a system it's always nice.
Granted, the distinction is not grasped by many R&F JWs (including many elders!), since you often hear the ol' old chestnut slogan, "If God wanted to force man to serve Him, he would have made men as robots, and not given Adam Free Will...." That grates on me like no other, since it shows they don't even understand their OWN theology, or what 'free will' actually means.
In the official JW doctrinal beliefs, there are TWO types of WILL:
1) God's Will
2) The Will of God's creations (angels, mankind).
God's Will ALWAYS trumps man's will: if God said, "Don't Do X", then by definition, it is a sin to Do X, since the action violates God's will. Any action contrary to God's Will IS automatically deemed a sin.
In other words, everytime God says a new rule (eg "don't mix cotton with linens"), then that decision is made FOR mankind, and it no longer is a decision that God allows man to make for themselves; God does NOT give humans permission to sin! If humans voluntarily choose to sin (i.e. violate Divine Will), then they are said to have had the "freedom of choice" to sin, which implies that God will STILL punish them for their action, making the decision that God forbade.
Compare that to free will: the term means EXACTLY what it says, in that the person has the authorization to choose amongst options that are essentially FREE of consequences (more or less equal). In JW parlance, the ONLY decisions they are authorized to make are "conscience matters", those where God hasn't forbid or commanded a certain act, and they're advised to use their 'Bible-trained consciences' in order to choose whatever action they think will best make YHWH happy, even though God didn't say. So they reflect, pray, act, and HOPE they didn't sin via their ignorance of forgetting about one of YHWH's laws (it's still considered a sin, even if done without understanding it was a sin).
So 'Free Will' is not some magical substance that God inserts into humans, as if it's a part of their brain; instead, it's simply giving mankind PERMISSION to decide a certain issue for themselves. So everytime God says, "Thou Shalt Not Do X", then man's "free will" domain shinks by that very action. It no longer is a conscience matter.
I agree there's a difference between Jehovah's will and ordinary freewill.
Indeed I have to take Jehovah off from paradox 2, b/c he can't choose violate his laws. Jehovah will be all alone in the end. That's make me wonder the JWT allows an endless cycle of creation and destruction, just like some speculations about an endless cycle of Big-Bang/Big-Crush.
But I can't grasp yet the need of such obscure distinction in my deconstruction.
BTW, do you have some WT article where they explain this "will distinction"?
BTW, have you uncovered the 'paradox of Adam and Eve' yet? It's something JWs hide, even altering the New Worlds Translation to cover up the logical problem (the fly in the ointment) in the so-called "perfection" of the Garden of Eden account.
In the sense they were just like perfect children?
And Jesus itself can't be classified as a human (even a perfect one)?
Adam and Eve can't be classified as adults and Jesus can't be classified as human.
Jesus it's kind of a demigod (considering both his human and spirit form).