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In order to discus this issue we must first prove that free will exists. So far everyone is dancing around this basic question.
If an action is caused by another event, then it is not "free". If an action is free from any cause then it is random and thus meaningless.
Take away the idea of god from this scenario. How do things change? After all it's not the knowledge of our future actions that make us feel as if free will has been stripped from us but the fact that it is inevitable. Even if there is no one to know what will happen, it will happen. It will happen whether we live in one reality or multiple realities. An infinate number of realities where everything that can happen does happen and none of them give us a choice.
Just what the hell if free will?
An action that is free from influence of another being. It is a social concept. A linguistic term to describe a social situation. Yet here we are, taking something as blunt and vague as the term "free will" and attempting to apply it to the universe around us. Whats next, an attempt to give the universe a "purpose"?!
Some thoughts
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