When I hear questions on free will, what comes to mind first is a remarkable conversation from the movie 'Last Samurai', between Captain Algren and Katsumoto the Samurai Chief. It goes something like this:
Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?
Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed!
The next thing that comes to mind is the famous Schrodinger's cat in Quantum Mechanics- which, in a way, is 'free to be both dead and alive at the same time' till an observation has been made.
So, what is my answer? At this moment, the best answer I am capable of is as follows : "I don't know! I prefer to think that I have free will till it is proved otherwise!"
Any comments/thoughts?
1 comment:
Yes, Free will is one of the greatest gifts given by God to humans... It is a boon and could be a Bane.
US President Harry Truman used his discretion to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a pivotal event in global foreign relations.
A positive example is of Christ willingly sacrificing His life for us.
Free will is mediated by God's intervention through prayers, Angelic activity and conviction of sin etc.
We need to pray for God's response to freedom of will of tyrants and evil regimes etc, especially from war and calamity etc.
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