Free will is a myth any way you slice it.
From the religious perspective, God is all-knowing. He knew how things would turn out before he decided to set them in motion. He knew man would eat from the tree if he just left them alone with Satan. So he left them alone with Satan. He knew who would be saved and who would be damned before creation. He knew how everything would turn out before he even set it in motion. And in the few times when they wouldn't turn out the way he wanted, he changed things. He "hardened Pharaoh's heart" when he REALLY wanted to kill a bunch of people, to give an example.
From the natural perspective, the universe operates on known laws and mechanisms. We know that everything that happens in the brain is a series of chemical reactions. We also know that how chemicals react follows very specific rules. From the moment the universe sprung forth from the singularity everything in it was governed by the laws of physics, the paths of each wave and particle and their every interaction set into motion unstoppable and unchangeable without supernatural interference. Given the nature of the universe and everything in it it was impossible for that first particle not to form in the exact location it did, just as it was impossible for anything after it to be different. Given an identical singularity in an identical state expanding in an identical way we would have an identical universe, down to the placement of the last particle.
So it wasn't my fault. It was literally impossible for me NOT to kill those hookers. The universe made me do it. I had no choice because free will is a myth.
From the religious perspective, God is all-knowing. He knew how things would turn out before he decided to set them in motion. He knew man would eat from the tree if he just left them alone with Satan. So he left them alone with Satan. He knew who would be saved and who would be damned before creation. He knew how everything would turn out before he even set it in motion. And in the few times when they wouldn't turn out the way he wanted, he changed things. He "hardened Pharaoh's heart" when he REALLY wanted to kill a bunch of people, to give an example.
From the natural perspective, the universe operates on known laws and mechanisms. We know that everything that happens in the brain is a series of chemical reactions. We also know that how chemicals react follows very specific rules. From the moment the universe sprung forth from the singularity everything in it was governed by the laws of physics, the paths of each wave and particle and their every interaction set into motion unstoppable and unchangeable without supernatural interference. Given the nature of the universe and everything in it it was impossible for that first particle not to form in the exact location it did, just as it was impossible for anything after it to be different. Given an identical singularity in an identical state expanding in an identical way we would have an identical universe, down to the placement of the last particle.
So it wasn't my fault. It was literally impossible for me NOT to kill those hookers. The universe made me do it. I had no choice because free will is a myth.
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