Free Will Is Quite Illusory

Indeed you have broken your own arguements. You're a god who seems to know all these things; you have the power to renew everything yet you do nothing to better this world. Or YOUR world at least, but I'll get to that later. Why haven't you reached the third stage yet? That's my question to you. Why bother shoving your cosmic rod down a quantum throat? It's not that you can't prove anything; it's that you have nothing to prove. Any true god would have already convinced this simple-minded mortal of their entire being by now. And it's mortals like us who always destroy gods like you. You really took the sophist's approach to the debate topic at hand. That's fine. But it really demonstrates your inability to provide any evidence or logic to the discussion or to why we have free will in the first place. You STILL haven't proven your reality to me. Why would you have your own? Because I'm not you. If we were truly a "universe", we would be one. Obviously we are not. If we were truly the universe trying to discover itself, then it's doing a horrible job with all the stupidity you haven't done anything about. Go ahead and hang yourself. Then come back to me when you're done with it because you clearly have no reality. Like I said, everyone dreams. Of course it would be silly to disregard dreams, but you really did not understand that, did you? Dreams are dreams. Nothing more. But none of us really know what dreams are. And I'm sure you'll sophistically dismiss that too. In addendum, nightmares can never amount to night terrors. Nightmares may psychologically prepare us for the suffering to come but a lot of people are already suffering too much due to lifelong night terrors. The subconscious is also the best murderer. You're aware of that, are you not? Are "you"? The "I" is a very complex entity. That's all we know. That's all "you" know. That's all "I" know. Like I've stated before, we are all biological machines with a very limited set of responses to stimuli. We live with the worlds we are born in. We live with the biological and sociocultural biases we cannot seperate ourselves from. We are all undeniably linked to the universe but these fissions of perspectives cannot prove that you nor I are beyond humanity. And this all adds up to the fact that individuality is only a small part of the will we have. But this will is not as free as anyone thinks. "We do not have a choice in making a choice." It's all an illusion. Yes. I am foolish enough to argue in the first place. You are no exception. Why should a god bother responding to a mere mortal such as I? To teach me a lesson? To stretch my naivety further? To humiliate me? You jest, dear boy. Your words fumble all over the place. You have either misread everything I have brought forth so far or you purposely twisted everything I meant such as "you can't be personal, without being governed by this Universe". One, I implied nothing of the sort. Two, I never said the word 'personal' in the entire debate. Discount this round. The "I" or "me" is not completely pointless, otherwise you wouldn't have even talked about your "grand" qualities. Remember: stage three hasn't been completed yet. And as for YOUR reality, I don't know who you are, where you're from, or what you did. I'm baffled by the fact that you still haven't gotten the message. You CANNOT prove YOUR reality to me. The only reality I live in is mine because that's the only world I know; the only observable universe I think I'm in. I am stuck in MY perspective. Quick lesson: an assumption is an assertion you have no proof for. Everyone must assume these three things at all times: 1.) The observable universe is real 2.) We can interact with said universe 3.) There are certain mechanisms this universe reveals to us that have predictable outcomes. Everyday, these predictable outcomes are utilized to our advantage. THAT alone proves our will is not free. We are all imprisoned by these expectations. We cannot go beyond them and will them to do something unexpected. An obvious logical conclusion. You on the other hand explicitly state the opposite. You see, I live in only one reality: MY reality. If you can somehow prove with your omnipotence that you are not a figment of my imagination, then, again, maybe I'll understand. I like universal porn; staring into the skies at night and wondering what our place really is in the cosmos. But that's as far as we can reach. No one yet knows what the future holds for us humans. Maybe one day we'll all become true gods, but that's all relative. We are already gods to the ants at our feet whilst slaves to the life provided by this unfathomable universe. I am but a simple man. I admit; my mind is small compared to many others. But unlike most, I not only accept my disabilities; I embrace them. I pretend not. And I definitely know not of the kinds of will this universe allows us to have. But never will I ever arrogantly claim that I am free. _____________________________________ That ends my part of the debate. I'd like to thank Con for being my opponent. In all sincerity, it was fun and fruitful. I really learned a lot. The entire exchange reinvigorated me. Con, I hope you had fun too. Remember to place your votes honestly and impartially. I await Con's final response.