I don't think we have free will, but I am genuinely interested in the perspective of those who do.
2007-03-28 06:35:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
AJM: So we don't have a choice in everything else? What about murder?
2007-03-28 06:42:30 · update #1
Meat, seriously. Most of these people can't even describe the monist vs. dualist views of psychology, let alone get into the neuropsychology of cognition.
Do you really expect many of the people on here to have a clue?
You and I both know free will is an impossibility in the universe in which we find ourselves. You'll never convince them, so let them have their comfortable little fantasy.
2007-03-28 12:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. and 2. if u had no free will - u wouldnt know u didnt have it so u would have no feelings about it one way or the other 3. do u make choices ?for example: to do drugs? to drink? to break the law? to not attend the company picnic? to take algebra before geometry or trig ? go to prom ? ask a girl out or go to movies with the guys ? we all have free will all humans do and as a Christian we stil have the free will because we are part human free will part spiritual free will hence the struggle we find ourselves in I guess in simple terms do we reject or accept that is free will . At some point in our lives we all the whole human race will b asked What are u going to do about JESUS? The most important free will question of all.
2007-03-28 06:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by mmbmw2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting that the idea of not having free will causes some to jump to the conclusion that someone planned the events and actions in our lives. Not having free will does not mean someone else is driving the boat. Perhaps the boat is just on the universal equivalent of "auto-pilot."
The experience of free will is not the same thing as the reality of free will. The events that led us to our current moment in life are so complex that they may be impossible to trace, from the big bang that marked the birth of the universe, all the way to the chemical bonds that hold together our neurotransmitting chemicals within our brains.
This interlocking web in which we both are influenced and have influence makes not only our free will but our very individuality perhaps an illusion. (This is one of the concepts taught in Buddhism.) However, by experiencing ourselves as having free will, we can behave as if it is true, and that very thought effects all subsequent thoughts.
The lack of free will can be liberating, but it is also puzzling, because to consider its implications is to question ever greater components of our own experience.
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2007-03-28 06:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this is an issue that hinders both on the fact of religion and politics. I really couldn't say what exactly it is like to not have free will, but I watched a special on history channel, or discovery, or one of those, that showed what life is like for the typical person in North Korea. I would imagine that there is the closest it gets to in the world to NOT having any free will, they are slaves to their leader to the extent that they have to treat him as a god. They don't even have a choice as to what they get to hang in their homes for pictures. We as americans, or many other countries, definately have more than enough free will.
2007-03-28 06:45:02 · answer #4 · answered by Michael E 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We would be robots, inslaved to what we are told. Yes, we do have free will, chose or not. Not making a choice is a choice, you refuse to make.
I agree go to North Korea,if you could, and see How so much freedom is dead & lost see if the light shines in their eyes, see if they are free from fear, or can even say what they really would if they could. So, unlike God the Father.So unlike America! Let freedom ring!!!
2007-03-28 06:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by Faith walker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are taking this free will thing too far. What it means to me is we have the choice to serve God or not. Simple as that. He promised not to make us serve Him.
But just a little tidbit of info for ya, did you know if nobody praised Him or served Him that the rocks would cry out? He is a God that requires to be praised-but doesn't make us.
EDIT: My answer implies murder.
2007-03-28 06:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by AJM 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slavery!
Let Freedom Ring!
2007-03-28 06:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by King 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it would be as if we only experienced the decisions we made. try as we might, we wouldn't be able to take an action that proved free will was indeed free. also, upon close examination, it would seem like chemicals in our brains have a large impact on how we behave.
2007-03-28 06:43:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't really have FREE will. We do have a will and, i'm not arguing determinism here, but our actions are based on things that are outside of our control, though we don't normally recognize it.
2007-03-28 06:39:57 · answer #9 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't think we have free will,
fo to N. Korea and tell me you don't have fre will.
you may get punished foryour actions, but you can still choose to do it or not,
that IS free will.
2007-03-28 06:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋