Religiously speaking...Does 'free will' really exist? (see below)?

Humans make decisions that guide their lives. It is widely belived that humans have free will, but do they really? Outside influences guide humans' decisions more than they consciously realize. If the God they serve gives them really only two choices...serve or perish, how is that really free will? 'serve me (God), you live eternally, don't serve me and die for eternity'...is basically what the Bible teaches. Is that what 'free' is all about? If humans really had free will, shouldn't they have an infinite amount of choices available to them when their existence on this planet has come to and end? It seems hard to fathom that in a universe that appears to be infinite with limitless possibilities, the Creator of it all only gives humans 2 choices. I understand that the Bible is a very good guide for many people. It is full of valuable lessons that all of us can use. It is also full of fantasy and contradictions. To each his/her own.