As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illusion of free will to stop us going mad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the greatest gifts that God has given us is free will. Even though it's free, we don't take advantage of it as much as we could when it comes to matters of the heart.
There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.
In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.
Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.
The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.
Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.
We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.
We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.