Does God have free will?

[FreeThoughtFlow]

Leo says that we don't have free will, which I disagree with, but does God have free will?

[YaNanNallari]

Ego doesn't have free will

[FreeThoughtFlow]

1 hour ago, Winter said:

If you assume physical world exist (which you most likely do if you disagree with Leo), then all your decisions are determined by chemical reactions in your brain and you have no free will or liberty. 

If you assume the physical world might not exist, then there's no you to be taking decisions. 

You seem under the impression that there are only two choices. Free will or determinism.
I may not have thought through this enough, but I intuitively believe in compatibilism.
As long as you have the choice to choose different you have free will even if that choice is already determined. It might not be free will in absolute ways, but it's a useful concept to apply personal responsibility. I'm aware over situations where the individual didn't have a choice (aka free will), but still is responsible. 


What I'm more interested in is how consciousness/god/whatever influences what is already "determined". I'm probably misrepresenting Leo here, but if I recall correctly he said he became conscious over how he had chosen to grow every single hair on his arm.

If God has free will then nothing is determined for what determines "his" will? Nothing.

[FreeThoughtFlow]

and if nothing is determined how can you say that you don't have free will?

[Forestluv]

1 minute ago, FreeThoughtFlow said:

As long as you have the choice to choose different you have free will even if that choice is already determined. 

Who/what is this “chooser”?

[Forestluv]

2 minutes ago, FreeThoughtFlow said:

and if nothing is determined how can you say that you don't have free will?

Because what is referred to as “you” is illusory.

[Leo Gura]

Free will vs no free will is a duality.

God is nondual.

[Shin]

9 hours ago, FreeThoughtFlow said:

Leo says that we don't have free will, which I disagree with, but does God have free will?

Stop assuming you're separate from God.