In the past. We are talking about future choices.
Our past has already occurred. Our future hasn't.
Therefor the past is certain. The future isn't (if free will exists).
I understand what you mean..
The future is not known .. the past is known.
Today becomes the past tomorrow, and then hence known.
That is all I'm saying .. the time line is continuous .. the only thing that
"splits it" is the concept of "now" .. but "now" is never really achieved,
as time continually flows.
the past -->-->known-->-->"now"-->-->unknown-->--> the future
Most people will agree with the above. Notice it is ONE line, and not many!
If free will exists, the future is uncertain.
If the future is certain, free will can not exist.
There you go .. just repeating your assertion from intuition.
Can you not see, that the future is only ONE line, and not many.
The only reason it is "uncertain", is because you do not know what it is.
i.e. it has not been decided, as far as we can perceive
It is this perception that provides the intuition that if it is known, it must have been decided
by the agent that knows it.
..but intuition would be wrong.
IT IS ABOUT THE NATURE OF TIME .. what we perceive it to be.
The past already happened. The future hasn't.
That's right .. as far as we perceive .. but what about the perception of
an agent that is not part of the universe?
I know .. you prefer to ignore the possibility .. "the universe rules, ok!"
If only one future is possible, then free will does not exist.
Nonsense .. I have shown you above, that we have only one future!
It is just that we don't know what it is.
Then no free will exists. Then all future events, choices, decisions,... are pre-determined.
Perception!
The human perception.
Is that the total sum of "reality"?
Of course not.
..so somebody shows you theory of relativity, and you think "ah! I know it all now"
Then we are just actors in a movie merely thinking we make free choices while in actuality all we do is play out a pre-determined script.
Nope .. not even close.
There is no "pre-determined script".
The "script" is determined by our choices, just as in the past.
You see, if it was impossible to know the future, you wouldn't be talking about
"pre-determined" scripts .. now THAT is the whole point.
THAT is what I believe your agenda to be.
i.e. proving religion is all nonsense
Time is part of the space-time continuum .. as in "measured time".
You cannot know for sure, what lies outside of our universe.