There is no doubt that the institutionalization of religious worship incorporated into the daily lives of people has contributed to their ideological approach to life and the interpretations of its teachings have spawned whole new realms of philosophical thought. The very idea of free will is one that originated with religious doctrine, in that God is said to have given man free will but...
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"for many are called but few are chosen"
Matthew 22:14 |
... we are thereby subliminally instructed (only because we forget having been taught this) to apply moral values to our lives so that we can be among the chosen. This is the essential precept of life, and as such represents the most basic form of social conditioning.
Do we have free will? Yes. But stay out of jail.