So Steve and I got into a very weird debate today. It was all about free will vs., well, no free will. His argument was that even though he was choosing to make a left turn, he was destined to make that left turn. Even though he had the option of taking the right, he never was going to because he would have taken the left turn all along and didn't have a choice in the matter. Then he proceeded to say that due to his turning left he was destined to turn left and he couldn't go back and choose to turn right. Of course, I had to argue back. My point was that the option is there whether you take it or not. Even if he had taken the right, he would have ended at the same destination. No matter what you do, the option is there and you can't take that away from anyone. Steve chose to go left and no one was sitting behind him with a weapon to him telling him he had to go left.
So the debate stands, did he or did he not have the choice of which way to turn? Do we have a chance to choose our actions or are our actions predetermined?
I honestly think its rediculous to say that people don't have a choice in anything and that someone has already chosen every little detail of our life.....but that's just one opinion I suppose.
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- klcalder
- Mom and wife is what they call me now. I'm a little odd, or at least I think so. My goal in life is to have as much fun as I possibly can with my husband and kids. They can make that goal pretty easy.
2 comments:
In the case of those who believe in a higher power, knowing the choices you will make is not the same as taking away your free will. If your God knows you will turn left, that doesn't mean he made you turn left or that you have no choice.
For the rest of us, we are not ta'veran. We do not change the path weaved by destiny, so it doesn't really give a shit what choices we make. (for ta'veran referance, read the wheel of time series)
Exactly! Well put friend!
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