Which means that we should act as if we have free will, since no other approach is reasonable given our perspective. Interesting to note that the Bible implies

Which means that we should act as if we have free will, since no other approach is reasonable given our perspective. Interesting to note that the Bible implies something like this paradigm, since it describes God as having total control of the universe but also says we have free will. When you first encounter that pair of ideas in the text they seem contradictory, but further reflection eventually leads many to some variation on this idea. I don't believe it's the full picture of free will and predestination in Christian theology - just think it's interesting that it fits with this perspective that would have been quite non-obvious to its authors (at least in regards its relationship to modern physics).