To what extent are human beings free?

Answer 1

As I am clearly not forced or required by anything but my own completely controllable desire to answer this question, or presumably for you to ask it, the answer must be YES.

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Free will was given by God, because he wants you to return his love on your own.Free will is the the answer to the so oft asked question, Why do bad things happen if God is so good? The biggest problem in the world is not guns, poor education, poverty,etc. It is the condition of the human heart. Answer
Biblically, if there is a condition like, promise of Eternal Happiness in heaven, or Eternal Damnation in Hell, Then humans have no free will..
Only Atheists have free will in the true meaning of the word...

YES: Dt.30 19 I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.
Joshua 24;15 Choose you this day whom ye will serve.... But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
NO:
Acts 13:48 And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Rom.8 29-30 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate.... Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom.9 11-22 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. .... For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? ... Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction. Eph.1 4-5 He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. 2 Th.2 11-12 God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned. 2 Tim.1 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

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Generally humans are acclaimed to have free will but it is usually constrained by conditioned beliefs programmed within their consciousness. Most people are restricted from practicing free will because they have been psychologically programmed from birth to constantly live in fear of going against the will of their superiors, leaders and masters therefore demonstrating that they have no free will.
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You have it just before you take an action. You don't have free will on your actions consequences.
You have free will to jump off a cliff ... you don't have free will to survive your jump.

Answer 2

Human beings have free will to make choices but are also influenced by external factors such as genetics, upbringing, and societal norms. The extent of human freedom can vary depending on individual circumstances and constraints. Ultimately, the concept of freedom is complex and nuanced, and different perspectives exist on this issue.

Answer 3

No human being are the prisoners of life and all that implies some are happy about it and some are not. Some love and some hate it but most of us try to make the best of it because we have to.

Answer 4

No human being is truly free in any physical sense. The only place you can be free is in your mind with ideas and thoughts