by predestined i don't mean God or someone else decided things for you, but rather the fact that if put in the same exact situation multiple times (say, in multiple universes) that you would behave the same way no matter what, and from such, have no choice over what happens?
2007-10-13 16:26:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If we assume we live in a multiverse made up of an infinite number of universes and the probability that a universe like ours may come into exists an infinite amount times:
It would be more probable that each situation would have an infinite amount of possibilities, in part because of "free will."
2007-10-13 16:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by Stedway 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist, and I do not believe in free will. I believe in "hard determinism." I don't want to launch into a long philosophical defense of this position, but the oversimplified explanation is this:
You formulate your personality based on genes, the way you are socialized, and your past experiences. None of these things is under your complete control. You draw on your personality and experiences to make decisions. Most decisions are made based on what you think will get you closest to your desired outcome. In order to have truly free will, you would have to be able to make decisions that were contrary to getting you your desired outcome. That would be nonsensical. If you truly had free will in this sense, there would be no basis for making decisions.
2007-10-13 16:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it Christians who can't believe in free will?
You think God knows everything. So he knows the outcome of every choice you'll ever make before you're even born. Essentially, he knows whether or not you are going to hell based on your choices. Do you even have a choice in the matter, when God has already decided what you're going to do?
I have free will, you don't.
2007-10-13 16:35:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that we are responsible for everything we do and the choices we make. To believe that everything is predestined is copping out and not taking responsibility for anything.
2007-10-13 16:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ron 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist and I think that everything we do is the result of our conscious, unconscious or subconscious thinking processes which depend of our software and hardware in our brain, the data input from the environment and the feedback data from our own thinking processes.
2007-10-14 03:06:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that a Newtonian determinism does not exist.
2007-10-13 16:44:06 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists, not bound to adhere to any particular dogma, have a wide range of beliefs.
For the most part, atheists are just like you, except they don't believe in divine beings.
2007-10-13 16:32:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe in Free Willy!!
Freedom for all the Willies!!
Release the Willies
2007-10-13 16:30:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is predestined.
2007-10-13 16:29:41 · answer #9 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I believe in neither. It's complicated and I don't feel like explaining it.
2007-10-13 16:28:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋