(July 13, 2012 at 8:57 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: The concept of freewill is an odd one.
When you consider that we are a product of our upbringing, our genetics and our experiences, that every "choice" we make is undeniably a result of these as well as other influencing factors then where does freewill even come into it?
God or not I think freewill is simply a concept we've invented to suggest we have more control than we really do.
I just exercised my free will when I decided to respond to this, did I not? I see free will as the ability to do as one pleases. Whether this action is good, bad, stupid, weird, pointless it doesn't matter. I'm the one that is in control of my thoughts and actions. No one or no thing controls me.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
