| | Atheists who are willing to deny the very existence of “free will” pay a huge price when doing so. If our free agency is simply an illusion, so is any expression of love, empathy or compassion. If free will is illusory, so is any expression of creativity or reasoning. No genuine act of love, empathy, compassion, creativity or reasoning occurs without a free choice. Worse yet, no one could truly be held culpable for any act unless he or she was acting freely. The existence of “free will” is an important piece of evidence in the universe and is impossible to explain if atheistic determinism is true. Denying the true existence of free agency only makes the problem worse. The best explanation for “free will” is simply the existence of a creative Free Agent outside the limits of the physical universe who has created free humans in His image.<ref>[http://coldcasechristianity.com/2015/are-atheists-right-is-free-will-an-unnecessary-unimportant-illusion/ Are Atheists Right? Is “Free Will” An Unnecessary, Unimportant Illusion?], Website: Cold Case Christianity</ref>}} | | Atheists who are willing to deny the very existence of “free will” pay a huge price when doing so. If our free agency is simply an illusion, so is any expression of love, empathy or compassion. If free will is illusory, so is any expression of creativity or reasoning. No genuine act of love, empathy, compassion, creativity or reasoning occurs without a free choice. Worse yet, no one could truly be held culpable for any act unless he or she was acting freely. The existence of “free will” is an important piece of evidence in the universe and is impossible to explain if atheistic determinism is true. Denying the true existence of free agency only makes the problem worse. The best explanation for “free will” is simply the existence of a creative Free Agent outside the limits of the physical universe who has created free humans in His image.<ref>[http://coldcasechristianity.com/2015/are-atheists-right-is-free-will-an-unnecessary-unimportant-illusion/ Are Atheists Right? Is “Free Will” An Unnecessary, Unimportant Illusion?], Website: Cold Case Christianity</ref>}} |