2007-06-02 04:46:24 · 15 answers · asked by mury902 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It depends on what you mean by free will. If you mean "free from deterministic or random processes", then no. But this has nothing to do with belief in God: whether you believe in such a being or not, we can't have this kind of free will in a strong sense
Think of it this way: if God knows everything, then he knows everything that you'll do, and he knows the result of every choice you'll make. In this sense, our futures are inevitably mapped out for us and our will is not free from determinism.
But that's only one kind of free will. If you mean free from coercion, then most of us have that most of the time. Moreover, none of us really know what choices we'll make, so we have an illusion of free will that is almost as valuable as free will itself.
2007-06-02 04:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by garik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is free will?
If you dont believe in Jesus, you will be burned to hell?
Is it a statement of free will?
For example, I point a gun on your head and say, you have to believe it because of the "free will"?
If you do not believe it, you will go to hell. is that free will?
I have to call it "punishment and fear"
Please define free will for me.
2007-06-02 11:52:52 · answer #2 · answered by Vector_The Positivism 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the question is meaningless. Even if we were or weren't free willed it wouldn't make a difference. I don't believe in free will btw.
2007-06-02 11:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can see the argument from a few different directions, and I'm undecided. Technically, that constitutes a lack of belief, so I suppose I don't really believe in it.
2007-06-02 11:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by jtrusnik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to but I can't find any solid evidence for it. In fact, like a deterministic universe it would seem everything now is a direct and unavoidable result from previous states. So until I find evidence, no I don't.
2007-06-02 11:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
do christians believe in Original Sin?
durrrrr.......
remove the idea of a sin and remove a savior and a hell and a heaven for the elitist bigots
2007-06-02 11:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course. It just doesn't mean what the Christians think it does.
2007-06-02 11:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but not the one christians define.
2007-06-02 11:49:41 · answer #8 · answered by X Theist 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess so. I can't prove there's free will, but it seems better than believing in fate or destiny.
2007-06-02 11:49:10 · answer #9 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not an Atheist I'm Agnostic but I do feel that we do have freewill to do as we please.
2007-06-03 14:06:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋