i think that in life a lot of what we see is cause and effect.

i think that there are reasons that we all do the thinks that we do.
there are even reasons why some people steal and kill others.

i hurts my heart so badly when i hear people talk negatively about african nations. because i believe that there are reasons for everything and that people just like animals and rocks and trees all respond to the causes around us.

i believe that every one of our actions is a response.

my question to you is do you believe in cause and effect or do you think that humans have free will?

if you do believe in free will please explain it to me

What is free will and why is it in opposition to "cause and effect"?

We may of necessity have to accept that not every effect has a cause, nor every "cause" an effect

free will is the concept of choice being independent of things which we can not control,

its a concept the bible talks of

it contradicts cause and effect as if there is free will there is no cause behind each of our actions.

jaleyne:

free will is the concept of choice being independent of things which we can not control,

its a concept the bible talks of

it contradicts cause and effect as if there is free will there is no cause behind each of our actions.

If you are asking if it is possible that human behaviour can be completely spontaneous then I would say yes, I believe it can.

But the subject is even more subtle than that. It may be spontaneous from the point of view of an isolated system, ie that there is no prior cause that can be found within the isolated system however there can be a cause from outside the system (which would of course mean that the system is no longer isolated).

For example a natural order which can then be impinged upon from without, from what can probably be best described as the supernatural.