Whatever happened to Free Will, and making our OWN choices?

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#1 Kryptok
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Regardless of whether you believe in any type of religion, any type of government, or anything similar to those things, I believe that all of the negative messages towards us from people who feel superior to everyone else separates us from the natural world and ourselves.
Shouldn't we be looking at our common qualities everyday, especially in hard times? Don't we need to embrace one another, and not be so quick to judge or put people in categories?

We are all the same; meaning we all are born, we live our lives, and then we die. Why complicate life with trivial things such as who has more money, who is smarter, or who is more pretty. Why not worry about the things in life that actually matter day after day such as enjoying the limited amount of time that we actually have here on Earth, and maybe trying to make life enjoyable for others as well by accepting disagreements, embracing life for today and not tomorrow, and spreading love and happiness throughout the world.


Maybe people should try to remember that almost anything we've ever learned in school, or from our parents or from anyone besides ourselves was someone elses way of thinking and someone elses way of logic. Perhaps we should be more worried about what potential things we as humans have? Things that we call "natural" are actually the way we act as well, such as how animals act/react towards each other, towards environmental changes, and towards other species. We have to remember that we are all part of the same natural world and that we, just like "the animals" have to eat, sleep, and procreate. Those are the only needs of survival for humans or any other species.


However, it might be our intellect that makes us conceited enough to think that we have a higher meaning in life, or that we are separate from nature or above other species. We need to realize that regardless of how you live your life, who you are, or what age,race or sex you are, your time here is limited. Once you understand, and accept the fact that one day you are going to die, and that life will go on afterwards; everything changes. So why worry about materialistic things such as money, cars, houses, clothes...
The only thing these do is cloud our vision of what really matters, and that is Love & Happiness.


So I guess what I'm trying to say is forget about what everyone else thinks, because what you think is the only thing that truly matters to you. Life is always what YOU make it, no one else...until something such as another person steps into your life and says that you are wrong and they are right. This is exactly what people do to each other: We argue and fight about the most ignorant things imaginable just to persuade others to think like one another or submit to their will. These are things that EVERYONE does to each other, because that is how we have been raised to think and act like. What if we were raised to love everyone, and talk to and respect everyone and what they have to say? Most people say that is a Utopia and that it can never happen. But it is those people who want it more than anything, and are afraid of failing an attempt to make it happen. I am unafraid, and I will continue to write and spread my message of Free Will wherever I go. Just remember to think... because it is the last thing the people who are controlling our lives want us to do.


Even this message is not absent of my bias because these are my beliefs... But I guess what everything all comes down to is WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE? Whatever it may be, then follow it. I am sure that no matter what your agenda will be, it will most likely be to make yourself happy along the way, which is as it should be.

Also consider that other people may not have the same idea, and respect their decision as well, and let our actions only affect other beings or the world in a way that doesn't interfere with their free will and personal agenda.

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I freely choose not to assail that wall of text
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Youre assuming you DONT have free will...? But you do. You dont have to do ANYthing if you dont want. You could sit and starve to death if you so choose.

And also, we argue and fight about things that we CHOOSE are important to us and our lives. Thats hardly wrong. Its also because we all are born with Ego's.

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I am unafraid, and I will continue to write and spread my message of Free Will wherever I go. Kryptok
Ah, so this is basically a chain letter message. Bye.
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Youre assuming you DONT have free will...? But you do. You dont have to do ANYthing if you dont want. You could sit and starve to death if you so choose.Buddha_basic
Indeed; freedom to act is different than freedom from consequence
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#6 Boba_Fett_3710
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*Phew*

Glad I brought this:

I take advantage of free will. The combination of free will and an urge to have fun at any cost is a dangerous combination.

Do whatever you want, whenever, however and don't bother focusing on why.

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#7 pyroistheone
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The instinct of man is to follow the group. We are an animal that packs together, so it is simply natural for most to not make their own choices. The problem with the philosophy of free will is that it goes against the science of genetics... And nature usually wins...
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Youre assuming you DONT have free will...? But you do. You dont have to do ANYthing if you dont want. You could sit and starve to death if you so choose.

And also, we argue and fight about things that we CHOOSE are important to us and our lives. Thats hardly wrong. Its also because we all are born with Ego's.

Buddha_basic

I agree that we have free will to do nothing, but we can't do EVERYthing that we may WANT to do.

And I wasnt born knowing my name, or what race I was, what was good or bad, what social class i was or who the president is or anything. I learned all of those things from other people.

All I am trying to say is that maybe it is time we start learning things on our own, using information that we know, and choosing the path that our own hearts lead us on, and not someone elses.

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#9 Buddha_basic
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[QUOTE="Buddha_basic"]

Youre assuming you DONT have free will...? But you do. You dont have to do ANYthing if you dont want. You could sit and starve to death if you so choose.

And also, we argue and fight about things that we CHOOSE are important to us and our lives. Thats hardly wrong. Its also because we all are born with Ego's.

Kryptok

I agree that we have free will to do nothing, but we can't do EVERYthing that we may WANT to do.

And I wasnt born knowing my name, or what race I was, what was good or bad, what social class i was or who the president is or anything. I learned all of those things from other people.

All I am trying to say is that maybe it is time we start learning things on our own, using information that we know, and choosing the path that our own hearts lead us on, and not someone elses.

Well again, youre assuming that most people are NOT choosing the path that their hearts lead them on. And thats very subjective anyway. Your idea of a happy life could be very different from mine. Basically what i hear you saying is, lets all stop going down THAT road there, and all go down this one instead.

And i think free will is defined a little too literally. By default life means nothing, because at the end of it you cease to live. The only way it gains meaning, is when we give it meaning, and define certain things to mean something to us. So i think its not free will to, for example, flap your arms adn be able to fly. Its free will to interpret/define what your life means to you.

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it was my choice to go to this topic and respond to this.

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What happened to not capitalising random words in the middle of a sentence?
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What happened to not capitalising random words in the middle of a sentence?Bourbons3
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What happened to not capitalising random words in the middle of a sentence?Bourbons3
But dont you see? I CHOOSE to capitalize words, not at all by random, for an effect of emphasise on said word. SEE?!
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[QUOTE="Kryptok"][QUOTE="Buddha_basic"]

Youre assuming you DONT have free will...? But you do. You dont have to do ANYthing if you dont want. You could sit and starve to death if you so choose.

And also, we argue and fight about things that we CHOOSE are important to us and our lives. Thats hardly wrong. Its also because we all are born with Ego's.

Buddha_basic

I agree that we have free will to do nothing, but we can't do EVERYthing that we may WANT to do.

And I wasnt born knowing my name, or what race I was, what was good or bad, what social class i was or who the president is or anything. I learned all of those things from other people.

All I am trying to say is that maybe it is time we start learning things on our own, using information that we know, and choosing the path that our own hearts lead us on, and not someone elses.

Well again, youre assuming that most people are NOT choosing the path that their hearts lead them on. And thats very subjective anyway. Your idea of a happy life could be very different from mine. Basically what i hear you saying is, lets all stop going down THAT road there, and all go down this one instead.

And i think free will is defined a little too literally. By default life means nothing, because at the end of it you cease to live. The only way it gains meaning, is when we give it meaning, and define certain things to mean something to us. So i think its not free will to, for example, flap your arms adn be able to fly. Its free will to interpret/define what your life means to you.

thank you for this, that is beautifully said. you are right, i guess. but then maybe im not doing this right? im only trying to get people to think, and then try to help the world stop hating so much, you know? what might you think would be a better solution to this? i realize life doesnt have meaning i guess, because if we wanted to we could stop procreating and just cease to exist all together, but im sure that wont happen anytime soon...

rather, how would you, if you wanted to, change the world 'for the better' using the generalisation of ending starvation, fixing the corruptness of money and government, and making life more enjoyable such as having a borderless world, and things like that?

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[QUOTE="Buddha_basic"][QUOTE="Kryptok"]

I agree that we have free will to do nothing, but we can't do EVERYthing that we may WANT to do.

And I wasnt born knowing my name, or what race I was, what was good or bad, what social class i was or who the president is or anything. I learned all of those things from other people.

All I am trying to say is that maybe it is time we start learning things on our own, using information that we know, and choosing the path that our own hearts lead us on, and not someone elses.

Kryptok

Well again, youre assuming that most people are NOT choosing the path that their hearts lead them on. And thats very subjective anyway. Your idea of a happy life could be very different from mine. Basically what i hear you saying is, lets all stop going down THAT road there, and all go down this one instead.

And i think free will is defined a little too literally. By default life means nothing, because at the end of it you cease to live. The only way it gains meaning, is when we give it meaning, and define certain things to mean something to us. So i think its not free will to, for example, flap your arms adn be able to fly. Its free will to interpret/define what your life means to you.

thank you for this, that is beautifully said. you are right, i guess. but then maybe im not doing this right? im only trying to get people to think, and then try to help the world stop hating so much, you know? what might you think would be a better solution to this? i realize life doesnt have meaning i guess, because if we wanted to we could stop procreating and just cease to exist all together, but im sure that wont happen anytime soon...

rather, how would you, if you wanted to, change the world 'for the better' using the generalisation of ending starvation, fixing the corruptness of money and government, and making life more enjoyable such as having a borderless world, and things like that?

Well again, what i said doesnt have to ring true to you or anyone. You could very well believe that we all have a destined purpose and meaning, and its already defined for us, we just have to find it. ....I'm not trying to tell anyone how to think, is what im saying.

How do we end starvation, disease, war? Well if i knew id have a few nobel peace prizes in my pockets, and the world would be without such things. I think the question is not how we stop it, but what causes it. In my opinion, most wars are religion based. But lets not go into that i dont feel like arguing religion. (its not important to me...see the theme? :P )