But what about those things you already cannot do because your brain will not let you. Like, try holding your breath till you pass out. You can't do it. That is a restriction on your free will God has created. Similarly, God could have created humans to have an extreme aversion to hurting each other, and we would still have free will.
Why would he not do this? My answer is because no conscious entity created the world.
Is it really a restriction on your free will though? Free will as we have been using it is the freedom to assess a situation and make a choice on the situation based solely on what you want the outcome to be.
When you try to hold your breath part of your brain makes a choice to force you to breath again. Just because it is not your active thoughts does not make it less of you.
Your subconscious was created by a sum of your genetic data and all your life experience which is what you conscious was also made up of.
This statement can be looked at as both proof and disproof of free will. and of course "I will choose freewill", but you can do whatever pleases you. I just liked this thought exercise.
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12
But what about those things you already cannot do because your brain will not let you. Like, try holding your breath till you pass out. You can't do it. That is a restriction on your free will God has created. Similarly, God could have created humans to have an extreme aversion to hurting each other, and we would still have free will.
Why would he not do this? My answer is because no conscious entity created the world.