do we have free will?

[Mroberts3]

I don't claim to know a lot about quantum mechanics, but I do know that in order to believe in a deterministic universe you have to ignore it almost completely.

I think there is a Buddhist saying, "You can't step into the same river once."

In order to not have free will, the universe must be deterministic. For that to be true all parts of the universe must act predicably in order to accuratly predict the future. Unfortunatly, the deeper you go, the less you have to hold on to until you finaly come back to where you started and realize that you are making a post on this forum at 1:45AM an have class tomorrow.

I guess what I'm saying is that "god" really doesn't matter here because on the microscopic level the universe is probabalistic, something I see as being almost outside of god's power to change even if he can "watch" it happen. (of couse i feel dumb arguing this because anyone can just step out and say "no, god is super powerful so he can see/do/change whatever he wants and I'm powerless to use logic against something like that.")


Also, it seems dumb to make a point in this post at all since we are starting with a premise that almost by its nature makes your argument for you.