Do you believe in free will?

[Whateverist]

But what causes you to put those brakes on? What's doing the evaluating? That's the rub. It just sets it back another level which again seems to have programmed responses. I absolutely understand where you're coming from. The concept of free will is a relic of a time when we knew very little about how our behavior and decisions arose. Now that we know a great deal more we're going to have to completely redefine free will or abandon the idea entirely for a much more accurate description eh?

Looks that way to me. The bottom line is neither free will nor determinism is such a big deal. In a time when we had less empirical knowledge of the brain and our development it must have been a captivating thought. You can readily appreciate how it would fit right in with a religious frame of mine, especially a Christian one.