Do you believe in free will?

[chatpilot]

Flobee wrote:"Now if there is no God and no Soul then we are no different from a machine with particles and chemicals shooting around causing us to do what we do and therefore we can't hold anyone responsible for their actions because they didn't chose them their actions are only the result of the chemicals in their body jostling around."

How on Earth do you equate making choices and decisions freely and willingly with the existence of a God? I think you are confusing two entirely different subjects here: the existence of God and the existence of human consciousness. I think free will exist in the sense that I as an individual can make choices for good or bad for better or for worse regardless of the existence of a deity. In fact the bible in its most simplest form states that we have free will in that we can choose to serve God or serve our own self interest, but in my view that is not true free will because when you choose to serve God you have to literally turn over you free will to his will.

As an atheist my decisions are in no way influenced by superstitious beliefs in deities nor by religious institutions, I decide what I want to do with my life. If I choose to live my life as a drug addict, criminal, etc. then I must also be responsible enough to acknowledge that I might actually pay a very heavy price for choosing that particular path. God has nothing to do with the decisions I make I write my own history by the choices I make in life and reap either the benefits or the harm that I have incurred through my actions.