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If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make... So-- as I recall, the official philosophical answer is that free will doesn't exist. Only the illusion of free will, because the causes of hour behavior are so complex that we can't trace them back. If you've got one line of dominoes knocking each other down, one by one, then you can always say, look, this domino fell because that one pushed it. But when you have an infinite number of dominoes that can be traced back in an infinite number of directions, you can never find where the causal chain begins. So you think, That domino fell because it wanted to... Even if there is no such thing as free will, we have to treat each other as if there were free will in order to live together in society. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#dominoes #freedom #philosophy #want #freedom

It's one thing to affirm that God is free to do as God wills in this world. The real crunch comes in allowing God the freedom and trust to act in one's own life. John Indermark ↗

— Lynelle Clark

#mitch-alexander #survival-story #freedom

One of the prerogatives of American citizenship is the right to criticize public men and measures, and that means not only informed and responsible criticism but the freedom to speak foolishly and without moderation. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter of the U.S. Supreme Court

#freedom

In einem maßlosen Staat [...] gibt es vielleicht ein wenig mehr Sicherheit, aber ganz sicher sehr viel weniger Freiheit. ↗

— Heribert Prantl

#präventionsstaat #security #totalitarianism #freedom

Now I'm dreaming, will I ever find you now? I walk in circles but I'll never figure out What I mean to you, do I belong I try to fight this but I know I'm not that strong And I feel so helpless here Watch my eyes are filled with fear Tell me do you feel the same Hold me in your arms again I need your love I need your time When everything's wrong You make it right I feel so high I come alive I need to be free with you tonight I need your love ↗

— Ellie Goulding

#dreaming #freedom #love #dreams

I am an atheist but I promise whenever there is complete freedom of religion I would worship you as my private and individual God. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#freedom

Your personal declaration of will is the first step in a seemingly impossible journey. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#free-will #freedom #individuality #intelligence #proud

For a man to find true freedom, he must free himself from the grip of his fears. ↗

— Kevin May

#freedom

It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live! ↗

— Émile Zola

#piety #virtue #freedom

Jupiter: I am not your king, impudent larva? Who then has created you? Orestes: You. But you should not have created me free. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#freedom #humanity #liberty #mankind #self-determination