Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

Quit being dishonest. Free will is a concept that must be proven. A deterministic universe is simply a naturalistic one and that should be the default position until evidence is provided to show otherwise. The only reason anyone thinks differently is because humans are so used to assuming that free will exists that they erroneously consider it to be the default position. You're making this WWWWAAAAYYYY more convoluted than it needs to be.