Do you really have free will?
2006-11-28 10:38:22 · 18 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No way , that would mean someone had laid things out for us and i don't believe that . We all make choices that we could have made differently , with differing results . I believe that we are the only ones controlling our decisions
2006-11-28 10:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Az Rastaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of life as one of those books where the reader is given choices about what should happen next in the end of the chapter. The reader thinks that he or she has a hand in deciding the ending, but the ink on the very last pages had dried long before the reader even picked up the book. Yes, I believe in fate. I just had a thought. What if the options not choosen at the end of the chapters were never really in the book to begin with? The reader may entertain the idea (the illusion of free will) of choosing the other option. In the end, what is decided is the only thing that could have been.
2006-11-28 12:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all by choice no fate or destiny at all; Rev. 22:17: “Let anyone hearing say: ‘Come!’ And let anyone thirsting come; let anyone that wishes take life’s water free.” (The choice is not foreordained; it is left to the individual.) Rom. 2:4, 5: “Do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, because you do not know that the kindly quality of God is trying to lead you to repentance? But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and of the revealing of God’s righteous judgment.” (There is no forcing of individuals to pursue a prescribed course. But there is accountability for what one does.) Zeph. 2:3: “Seek Jehovah, all you meek ones of the earth . . . Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably you may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.” (Would a just and loving God encourage people to do what is right, in hope of a reward, if he knew that they were foreordained not to succeed?) Illustration: The owner of a radio can listen to the world news. But the fact that he can listen to a certain station does not mean that he does. He must first turn on the radio and then select the station. Likewise, Jehovah has the ability to foreknow events, but the Bible shows that he makes selective and discretionary use of that ability, with due regard for the free will with which he has endowed his human creation.—Compare Genesis 22:12; 18:20, 21.
2016-03-29 14:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is always a medium between the two. We do have free will and we do make mistakes that teach us valuable lessons but I believe there is always at least two paths to every choice a person makes so that nothing is written in stone but based on a person's personality whoever actually watches us has a basic idea of what is going to happen.
2006-11-28 11:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by kArMaRiFiC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key word here is "believe." Who really knows the answer to the universe?
I believe that we are all free agents to do whatever we like; good, evil, or just be generally useless toads.
I believe that once the Creator set the universe in motion, he/she also created the laws of physics, and to the degree that we understand them, there is always Cause and Effect. If you do THIS...... something will result. For every action, there is a reaction. I do not believe that the Creator would go against his/her own laws of physics.
You are the captain of your own ship; the director of your own play.
If you don't like the way your life is going, then CHANGE it.
2006-11-28 10:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe we have free will to a certain extent and I also believe in fate and that no matter what we do we are destined to a path chosen for us by a higher being. Just my opinion.
2006-11-28 10:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo Anwers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in fate ... while we do have certain choices to make in our lives i believe the end result would have been the same no matter what path we choose ..... i also believe we have a set time to die no matter how u live your life once your numbers up that's it your a gonna !!
2006-11-28 10:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to believe in predestination, but there's a fallacy there. If predestination is fact, then wouldn't "god's" course also be set? How can that be, if he's "god"? So much for that. And yes, I do have free will. My path is not set; I make choices; whether they're right or wrong matters not, as long as I am the one making them. What happens, will happen, but by my own choosing.
2006-11-28 10:47:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The decisions we make every single day are OUR OWN. I do believe that everything that happens was meant to happen the way that it did. But still, we control what our next action will be, and as a result, the reaction falls into place - good or bad.
True that life is what you make it!!
2006-11-28 11:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by flip4it 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Believe fate is very real and binding. the catch is you are only fated to your own chosen consequence.
every cause has the fate of an effect.
2006-11-28 11:48:30 · answer #10 · answered by cementshroom13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not believe in fate but more so the will of god. that said everyone has free will to decide...ex go kill someone, you will go to jail
2006-11-28 10:44:11 · answer #11 · answered by jdryan123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋