(February 29, 2012 at 2:13 am)Godschild Wrote: That circumstance has nothing to do with freewill, that is, as far as life changing decisions go, I think that's what this is about.
A soldier who jumps on an explosive device to save his friends would be an act of freewill, I can not imagine any circumstances that would lead one to sacrifice his life (which by the way goes against self preservation which is the strongest instinct man has) except for freewill, to choose to do what is noble and right.
That was merely an example. In my opinion, and it really is just my opinion, the same rule applies even to life changing decisions. A decision was made, but that decision was dependent on what had happened to you prior to making that decision and has nothing to do with free will.
Even from a Christian perspective free will cannot exist. In order for God to be God, he must me all knowing, if God is all knowing then he is aware of every decision you are going to make in your life time, if he knows what you are going to do, before you do it, before you were even born, then how is that free will? We are just travelling the path that God knew we were going to take all along.
