Why do we act as if we dont have free will?

Answer 1

This is the answer of Jesus of what you are asking>

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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Answer 2

Because most people are so afraid that they will stand out from the crowd that they will do anything to retain their anonymity.

If I make a stand for Christ some professed atheist might call me a "Bible thumper" or point at me and say I'm the village idiot or accuse me of being "narrow minded". Then again there is the chance that I might not get asked to the Prom because I'm a (ugh) Christian.

Answer 3

Actually, I think it's quite the opposite. We act as though we depend so much on free will. We consciously exclude faith and what God has to say about almost anything, except when it has to do with our own good.

Self will is poisonous to our spirits and does not accommodate the things of God. In fact, free will is self at its best - that's why it written, "If any man wants to come after me, let him deny himSELF and take up his cross and follow me" and in another place we read, ".....and yes, if a man loves his own self more than me, he is not fit to be my disciple." In fact free will is self will, and that proved to be a stumbling block even to the Master when he was faced with his cross, about to die for my sins and yours - for which he prayed three times saying the same words " Father, if possible let this cup form me, nevertheless not my will but your be done." and again, "If this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, let your will be done."

So free will is a big hindrance to the purposes of God.....unless we fully submit our will to God, we cannot serve him to his satisfaction and he cannot be fully pleased with our service.

Answer 4

Our mindset contribute to our behavior. Our upbringing makes lot of difference. If we are brought up in protective atmosphere we tend to look for support every time we take any decision. If we are brought up in a very strict disciplinary atmosphere, we tend to take the decision under duress.

Lot of difference is made depending on under what working conditions we are performing. The policy of the management also make lot of impact on our mind.

Therefore there can not be any set of formula to reason the particular way of behavior

Answer 5

The spacetime continuum has always been used to tell people that it's scientific "truth" that if you are in a certain space, your use of time can be calculated, or that if you want to use your time a certain way, I'll tell you how to use your space.

In the general theory of relativity, not many people seem to know that there is no electromagnetism. It's a model of the universe, but it's not the universe itself. Light is also needed and, as Einstein said, light fundamentally interacts with the electrons of the universe. Therefore, there's no need to think that there is an actual spacetime in operation in our lives. We are capable of making decisions simultaneously about space and time.

However, considering Baddeley's model of working memory, where the subconscious is used as a substrate, phonology and visuospatial skills are in competition with each other in terms of pulling things out of your subconscious or using them (I forget which). This means that if you stuff your head full of violence and sex as a means of pursuing "justice" (compare James 1:14), then you will find that your sense of phonology (the study of sounds; not the same as literacy but passes for it with a lot of people) will be in competition with your visuospatial skills. If you take phonology out of the equation, as in autogenic training where you are trying to be your own hypnotist, then you are left with the twin skills of dealing primarily with objects and their visible features, such as shape, colour, and texture, and a spatial component, dealing with locations and movements in space. This is basically half way to a psychosis. Apparently you can train this feature of your skillset up if you like. Why would you want to? This is what explains the behaviour of Tom Cruise jumping on lounge chairs if you ask me. This is how film stars might prepare for film roles. The problem is that if you're accessing a subconscious of sex and violence to begin with, you're spreading your working memory pretty thin. You'll be living in your own little dream world before you know it. I think the same thing happened to Hitler. And yet at other times, he was quiet and composed and prayerful in public. Prayer is powerful, and I wish people would leave Hitler alone because he's dead now. Autogenic training may be feted despite its not very nice health side effects (dyslexia, epilepsy, depression and schizophrenia are all linked to the type of blood flow changes in the brain that autogenic training causes, even in the resting state), but it's only a band-aid for a big dose of violence and sex as entertainment so as to go back to your own version of reality again. People do it automatically if they don't pray for assistance. They start living in la la land. Don't use what happened at Virginia Tech to get sentimental about in the sense of following any media descriptions of blow by blow detail. It's not worth the sensationalism. It doesn't make you a better person. Pray about it instead.

If you follow the metaphor of whitewash on a substrate as a way of providing peace, then you will find the ridiculous statements of Hollywood celebrities about the idea that their movies are not really all that bad as possibly a visual image that is designed to be slightly fudged by phonology. The twin beams of reflected light in whitewash are reflected in two different directions because it is birefringent (Ezekiel 13:10).

Answer 6

Because if we don't have free will then:

- global warming is not our problem

- wars in the name of God are not our problem.

- our governments leading us to wars based on lies are not our problem

- the fact that more species are becoming extinct year after year is not our problem

If we did have free will, we might actually decide to stand up and do something about these things, and who wants to do that when American Idol is on?

Answer 7

certain things can be done with our own free will, but when it comes to things which is related to the religion, then there must be reasons that we don't know and yet we're encouraged to think about it thoroughly.

Answer 8

If it was god who gave us free will then why does he demand we worship only him.
Doesn't seem like too much freedom there

Answer 9

society for the most part, has accepted fear into their lives, with apathy controlling them

Answer 10

Because God told us to.

Or the people who invented god. You do realise you'll go to hell for thinking enough to write this question, don't you?