The Concept Of Free Will

Free will and the collective perception that comes with it both in concept and science

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Gerald Nibombe
April 28, 2025

Free will in itself is a vague concept, what gave humans free will, what does it actually look like, where does it come from, it is even real? The question most likely asked and the topic most discussed is as follows, is free will a thing and if it is what are it’s limitations. In the following article we will expand our amateur but thoughtful perspectives on free will based on what we know in truth, scientifically, Biblically and philosophically

Biblical Perspective

From what we ought to know in the Bible, the full concept of free will started when our ancestors, Adam and Eve, ate the fruit of good and evil, in its nature describing itself as the fruit of wisdom. Wisdom, in the biblical sense, tends to talk about knowing what is right from wrong, and looking at things from a logical perspective — only the being with most power can tell that. So when our ancestors ate the fruit, giving them a sense of what they think is good and bad, they developed a sense of free will, giving them the freedom and cognitive ability to do what they want or to do what is wrong or right. Then later on, we see a similar story, but in truth, a story that shows compelling evidence that God cannot control human action as it is — and that story was Cain and Abel’s. The brother, riding his younger brother of life, was an act of hate, fully fueled by his own hand, uncontrolled by any supernatural force. The Bible shows us the origin of the concept of free will: from living in synthetic harmony and having some free will to gaining total control after betraying the commandment of God the Father.

Scientifical Entanglement 

When most discussions on free will happen, science comes to play a big role in it, and what is often talked about is the fact that our enate inner bodily actions and thoughts are different from our free will. Let’s take, for example, neurotransmitters: they act on their own, truly ignoring what humans want. When you’re in a situation of pleasure, you feel pleasure because your neurological receptors chose to — same for pain. So you don’t control every single one of your actions; your body does too. So, thinking about it, do you really have free will?

We see how the neurotransmitter argument negates the concept of total free will, but let’s advocate against that by using another psychological concept: the concept of cognitive dissonance. So, cognitive dissonance is basically you acting against your chain thought process, whether you think one thing and do another, or you have a certain belief that you constantly act against. It proves the point that the human mind and body can contradict itself and do what it wants, proving the point that humans do have free will even over their bodies.

A Conceptualized Overview

Clearly there are multiple views on the word free will its origin and what it actually looks like in a human. But it depends on how we look at it as long as it’s not from a faulty perception.

NOTES FROM The Penguin

“You have the freedom to do what you want so chose what is right.”

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