Thoughts on reincarnation

[renordw]

Originally Posted by Aesop [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

free will certainly exists. i think i already said this, but would you say you have free will in EverQuest?

you can control your avatar, and do all kinds of stuff --

but every possible things you can do in EQ is already known, the parameters are already set. you have free will but it is constrained by the laws of the game.

in some sense it's not completely free, but under what circumstances would you consider it free? the ability to do anything? you need to be God himself before you consider it free will?

just in case you don't get the analogy, you have free will here too. everything you can possibly do is already realized in some sense. all future paths available to you based on your initial configuration are there. it's like a choose your own adventure almost.

anyways, you have a soul and free will which is what is enabling you to believe these things as you float through life like an NPC.

No way. That's like saying the bowling ball has free will after you throw it down the lane. The bowling ball doesn't understand that it's bound by certain physical laws, and the same applies to us, just many more physical processes.