Ace_O_Spades

you can quantify/qualify the effects of wearing a seatbelt vs. not wearing a seatbelt. It allows us to make empirical assumptions based on given data as to whether or not it is safer to wear a seatbelt. Whether people choose to accept this or not is an issue of common sense, but it is also an issue of theology. Some people are inherantly mistrustful of science and the scientific method, and prefer theological explanations as to how they go about their day-to-day lives and to explain phenomena they experience.

You cannot quantify/qualify the issue of free will vs. determinism simply because you cannot test it. ANY, and yes, I mean ANY argument/anecdote/assumption you could put forward could be explained away by a steadfast determinist by saying "But [insert deity here] made it that way, we're just unable to recognize the plan"

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Feh.