I'm not religious but I see a problem "free-willers" encounter in the absence of a higher power. Namely, that without a higher power, all that you're left with is the material world - all that is in the universe is made up solely of a collection of atoms and molecules which strictly conform to the physical laws of the universe. In turn, this means that we are made up of the same thing, so the atoms and molecules of our beings must conform to those same laws as well - over which we of course have no control. In this view then, free will disappears. Even our very thoughts are generated by a brain that is composed of material that must conform to these physical laws of the universe in this view. Even allowing for a degree of randomness (as quantum phyics allows), you're left with just that - randomness - which hardly equates with free will. So, a strictly material universe must by definition exclude free will.
I'm not religious but I see a problem "free-willers" encounter in the absence of a higher power. Namely, that without a higher power, all that you're left with is the material world - all that is in the universe is made up solely of a collection of atoms and molecules which strictly conform to the physical laws of the universe. In turn, this means that we are made up of the same thing, so the atoms and molecules of our beings must conform to those same laws as well - over which we of course have no control. In this view then, free will disappears. Even our very thoughts are generated by a brain that is composed of material that must conform to these physical laws of the universe in this view. Even allowing for a degree of randomness (as quantum phyics allows), you're left with just that - randomness - which hardly equates with free will. So, a strictly material universe must by definition exclude free will.
While a like your argument, I don't think it has much to do with this song.
While a like your argument, I don't think it has much to do with this song.