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hmmmm...without getting too hung up in semantics filthy, i think i know what you're getting at with the question. my personal take is that its a matter of perspective; quite similar to the post by csfilm. in fact, i've used similar analogies to explain the position. i don't believe in the big billiard ball analogy of the universe; in a sense, this was shown to be incorrect by the advent of relativity/quantum etc, at least as far as the notion of limiting certain phenomena to nothing but mechanical constructs. i think when we go from the perspective of purely biological / physics to questions of social orientation, psychology and spirtituality different factors come into play. so in a sense, perhaps you have free will with certain restrictions; maybe you have predetermination with a bit of randomness. statistics, averages, and so forth, if you want to get mathematical about it. or to put it another way, we are all unique lovely snowflakes...just like all the other unique lovely snowflakes. so i tend to believe somewhat in both concepts, depending on the particular perspective and reason for the discourse.
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