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I Don't Believe In Free Will

Free will is a social construct.

1. We didn’t ask to exist.
2. We didn’t choose our body, mind, the world, what it contains, or the raw materials we were born into and have to work with.
3. We are forced to adapt through reward and punishment. We are maneuvered through a promise of satisfaction and fear.
4. We are ONLY wanted and deemed worthy in this world if we are pleasing, productive, and harmless. If we are NOT there is something “wrong” with us, despite the fact we are all simply objectively different physically and in some desires and the desires of those in power become objective despite everyone’s desires and wishes being subjective to their preference.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

What do you make of those who don't adapt and conform?

Specialyouare · 31-35, F

Those who don’t adapt and conform are labeled with negative labels from A to Z plus suffer painful consequences for not conforming, correct?

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Specialyouare That's true, at least sometimes, maybe even most times. But that doesn't negate their free will. Free will is the power to make your own choices. It doesn't mean you will be applauded for your choice, you may even be shunned for it. Others who don't like your choices may despise you, hurt you, kill you. It certainly shouldn't be that way, but it often is.

'Free' doesn't mean simple, easy, or safe. It doesn't erase prejudices or fears of society. It just means you can choose different, if it's important enough to you. Or you can choose 'same.'

Freedom is often a steep and rocky road, and it's not one I always have the courage to travel. Not even most of the time.

Specialyouare · 31-35, F

@Mamapolo2016 Freedom to choose from the options IN this world, yes.

But we didn’t choose the body, mind, world, what it contains, or even to exist... so technically we are not “free”, what did we have a choice in, in the first place? We work with what was already here on Earth prior to our birth, correct?

Mamapolo2016 · F

You confuse freedom of choice with infinite choice

You are limited to this world only until you can find another, or a million others. If you lack the intelligence, the will or the strength to find another, the fault lies not in free choice, but in you. The choice is there, but you lack the strength and commitment to make the present surroundings yield to your will.

There is a universe, maybe infinite numbers of universes available to you. If you are as unique, as special, as intelligent as you think you are, you can travel infinitely to as many different kinds of places as you can figure out how to get to.

It is not the fault of anyone or anything but yourself if you can't learn how to turn the doorknob.

Angeleyez · 51-55, F

@Mamapolo2016 I think many ppl get these two mixed up. I found your responses to be very well though out.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@Angeleyez Thank you. Every time I look at your name I mentally pronounce it as Angel eye yezz, then remember again it's Angel Eyez. I wouldn't sign on with me if I were you.

Specialyouare · 31-35, F

Even if there were a million universes, we still didn’t choose or make them as well as we didn’t make or choose ourselves at coming to exist. We do have options, options to choose from but that we didn’t predispose in the first place. We have a limited choice but not an absolutely free choice. Regardless of the number of options since you have to exist first before you can ask for anything, none of us chose to exist, hence we are each trapped in our own entity that wants to avoid greater pain and seek pleasure.