Argumentative Essay On Free Will

The debate on free will is a complex issue that cannot simply be answered. As we know free will is an ontological issue. Each person must come to their own conclusion based on several things such as life experiences, religious beliefs, readings, and so on. Some of the readings we have analyzed in class have to do with whether or not we have free will. If there is an all omniscient God that knows everything before we do then does that mean we have free will, if God already knows what’s going to happen before we do? I personally believe that we as human beings are given free will. For instance, lets say there is an all omniscient God and lets say he knows what we will do and what our destiny is but he sends you a problem to over come such as, someone scorns you so bad that all you are is filled with hate and vengeance and if you decide to
If free will did not exist then how does it explain the good in evil in the world. For instance if God knew peoples destiny’s he would have it to where we would all choose to be good and holy as opposed to bad. But, this isn't the case because there is in fact bad out there in the world and the reason is because we as humans were given the right to choose for ourselves. Not only is there free will to choose between right and wrong but there also to love. We have the free will to love anyone we want and as many people as we want. If free will didn't exist then we would only be able to love one person for our life time which again isn't the case because there are so many divorces taking place because people fall out of love with each other. Another example is a prisoner may be said to possess no freedom, however he or she still possesses limited choices. In the very least the imprisoned human has the ability to make some action not determined by the institution whether it be to end his or her life or simply to speak certain words or make a specific eye