Everything boils down to cause and effect. Every decision
you make is the result of the entire history that has led up to it. The you as
you are right now is the result of your genetic code and your upbringing.
Everything can be seen to be the knock on effect of
history. This includes the very chemistry of your body. Your genes provide the
design for you; and your environment has influenced the biological development
that has made you what you would term you.
Think about it, by reading this idea (that choice is an illusion),
you are already being influenced. Imagine if you were to say: “ok, I’m not
going to choose my usual big mac and instead go for a mac chicken sandwich
because I want to prove that I have the power of choice”.
You may think that you are making a choice but because
what I have said - as well as the entire
And it goes for every decision; even the ones you don’t
even have to think about making like when to blink or how many times to chew
your mac chicken sandwich before swallowing it.
So now for God: If this is how he designed us, as causality
bound beings, he would have known exactly what we would one day do. If this is
the case, how can he punish us for sinning and then go so far as to send his
son to save us by his sacrifice when we have no choice but to be the way we
are?
We don't need a Matrix to be born into bondage.
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