I questioned: Is there absolute free will?
Lets not tie this with the concept of god. For even if there was a god, god has no claim over my will. More importantly, the quest for absolute free will stems from an intrinsic set of morals and ethical standards. In an amoral world, there will be no guilt and no constraint. Men will do whatever they wish to do. It will be a world of free will. But that is only step one. Everything is a matter of cause and effect. Every impulse that runs through the billions of neurons is a consequence of quantum mechanics. Our thoughts, desires, actions, consciousness and our will are but after effects of a cosmic crunch. There is in theory, no autonomy, no freedom.
Back to the religious take on absolute free will. Lets use lucifer as the classic example. Even he couldn't find absolute freedom after the fall. His will could have been part of god's master plan.
The only way out is to create a reality for myself. It is formed through internalizing the belief that the centre of existence is the consciousness of oneself. At that point, an individual will be creator and judge. In the context of that reality, he will be at the level of god if he so wishes to call himself. There will be absolute free will.
But then...the desire and the process of creating a reality which spins around the individual. Now what's that? We have reach a paradox.
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