2007-01-18 04:20:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends if you want it. If you kill because your iman told you too, then no you don't have free will.
2007-01-18 04:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free will is entirely illusionary. You cannot make a choice that your past has not made available to you. Choice is insufficient, because even computers make choices -- try this:
INPUT "Give me a number: ", X
IF X = 2
THEN PRINT "It's 2!"
ELSE PRINT "It's not 2!"
If you run the program and then give it 3, a choice will be made and it will print "It's not 2!". Was this free will?
Then in what way does a brain governed by generally deterministic (incorporating quantum effects makes it stochaistic but that's irrelevant here) have any difference from a computer? They both have a state that is the sum of all past inputs processes and outputs, they have current inputs, and produce a current output then transition to a new state.
Where's the room for free will if the human mind is entirely computational?
Can a person who has never seen alcohol, heard of alcohol, touched alcohol, drunk alcohol, etc... choose to cure himself of alcoholism? No. Why? because alcohol isn't part of his past or current state. If an alcoholic makes the choice to end his/her alcoholism, it is because there was some input, either external or internal dialogue (which is actually itself a process...) that makes it possible for an alcoholic to choose to end that illness.
2007-01-18 12:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It started in the Garden Of Eden when God have Adam and Eve freewill over all and they blew it! We are still given free Will today and we blow it everyday. Some still try to stay on the narrow path to God. Sometimes we all get off of that path!
2007-01-18 12:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by anjoek5859 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not think free will exists in the way most people assume it does. I do not believe something else is controlling my actions, but I doubt the concept is as simple as people seem to assume it is.
2007-01-18 12:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by manic.fruit 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is a question for the philosophy section. ;)
If I recall correctly, I think the Bible says that God knows what we will do before we do it. If this is correct, the whole concept of free will is something we all have wrong. I suppose that means that some of us are predetermined to burn in the fires of hell.
Perhaps this applies to the atheists..hehe...I'm only KIDDING. :D
2007-01-18 12:28:26 · answer #5 · answered by reginachick22 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
we have free will.
however, if you are the sort who believes your god is omniscient, then you can't accept free will. If god knows what you will do, you can only have the illusion of free will, but your actions are already known.
2007-01-18 12:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is actually a question that's widely debated, and I assume you're asking seriously. Personally, I beleive we do, but I often read the case for why we don't. It's interesting.
2007-01-18 12:26:52 · answer #7 · answered by cmw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, we have free will. You can choose to do as you please. This is extremely obvious! You can choose to be a believer in God or you can choose to be a non-believer. YOu can choose to eat a hamburger or you can choose to eat a hotdog. This is apparent and religious texts (ie: Quran) informs us that we can choose our way.
2007-01-18 12:25:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have the ability to step in front of a bus? Then you have free will.
2007-01-18 12:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We have.
God is eternal having neither beginning of days or end of life, a Spirit fire or light called life. The Word begins with thought from conscious awareness I am, acquiring wisdom to reason thought to self with the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. This wisdom of thought with words is not any substance or matter but Spirit, the Holy Spirit. God is One, by Himself or alone with His Words the Holy Spirit. This timeless existence of reasoning wanted company and God’s thoughts turn to creating company or sons. Sons to behold, abide with, and communion with. God discovered love, not of the thought, but of the sons He envisioned. God felt this love, the magnificence of it and wanted His sons to love Him. God realized He could not create true love or forced it upon a being, but true love would only manifest in sons of freewill. The wisdom of God also knew it would be necessary to govern sons of freewill by laws that are fair and righteous, to hold them accountable. God was willing to risk rejection and rebellion against the law. Sons of freewill could choose not to love Him but must obey the law. The sons would need a place to abide, explore, and grow. God created the heavens and the earth, His kingdom.
2007-01-18 12:25:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have free will.
2007-01-18 12:25:21 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋