just entertain you a bit:
free will from wiki: The problem of free will concerns whether
rational agents imagine or really do exercise control over their
own actions and decisions. Addressing this problem requires
understanding the relation between freedom and causation, and
determining whether or not the laws of nature are causally
deterministic. The various philosophical positions taken differ on
whether all events are determined or notdeterminism versus
indeterminismand also on whether freedom can coexist with
determinism or notcompatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for
instance, hard determinists argue that the universe is
deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible.
The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific
implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will may
imply that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over
individual will and choices. In ethics, it may imply that
individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. In
the scientific realm, it may imply that the actions of the body,
including the brain and the mind, are not wholly determined by
physical causality. The question of free will has been a
central issue since the beginning of philosophical
thought.
I am sure a person of your presuppose intellect is aware that you
can wiki out an answer.... of course, right now you'd say that you
want views of Christians... yet you are also aware that they are
myriads of answers and opinions of this question. What follows will
be an attempt to discredit the less-than-acceptable or
less-than-perfect answers. So therein, what's the point!
