Do we, human beings, have free will? At first, I had no answer to this question. Your guess was as good as mine. I had nowhere to go with this essay because I had no real opinion on free will; well I had an opinion on it but I didn't know why. So I posed this question to my closest friends to help inspire me. After a few hours of great discussion and arguments, I have come to the conclusion that we do not, repeat do not, have free will.
             Before I elaborate and defend myself, I think it is important to define free will. Free will is the ability to make uncaused choices. This is different than freedom between choices. You can choose between a turkey or ham sandwich, but something is making you hungry and forcing you to make a choice.
             First I asked my Christian friend whether or not we had free will. Surprisingly he believed we do have free will, and at this point I was still unsure. He said God gave us free will and is watching the choices we make. After our debate I had come to these conclusions. First off, if a divine omniscient being created us, more than likely he planned out our fate. If God is all knowing, he will know what choices we make before we make them. If we choose the opposite of what God had foreseen or planned, it would prove a perfect being wrong, which is impossible and improbable. That would mean God is not perfect are all knowing, and even if He is not, we still don't have free will, but I will get to that in a minute. Descartes, another god man, says "the will is free since we sense no external force determining it." But our senses are inaccurate and just because we don't sense something doesn't mean it is not there. For example, if we didn't have eyes would we know about sight? I can also think of forces that would determine our will, which brings me to my next point: Even if you do not believe in God(s), your will is still not free.
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