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Quote by: Morality Games  If humans were gods, what then? We would probably understand fully the physical processes that characterize existence, down to every nuance and detail -- to us the universe would appear as a system without free will, with no contingency, possibility, probability, or anything of the sort. That is the true condition of reality. Our mind would comprehend the systematic nature of things completely. |
This supposes that cause and effect are not the instruments or "illusions."
Even with a causal system that does not mean that free will has no place. The causal system, with a subjective actor, can be supposed to have free will. You are assuming that humans behave according to a pre-existent nature. But subjects have to place themselves in the world. How I view the world may very well determine how I act. Regardless, it is my choice, my arrangement of prejudices (to paraphrase James), that create my world order and my determinism.
Also, you suppose that God can perceive the world in a meaningful way. What does it mean for an omnipresent being (assuming God is omnipresent) to perceive?