Determinism

Determinism is the doctrine that events are determined by natural causes.

• Determinism is the philosophical doctrine that every event in the universe is the inevitable consequence of a preceding cause. [1]

Incompatibilism views it as being in conflict with the doctrine of free will, while Compatibilism sees no conflict between the two.

The Buddhist and Taoist doctrine of Impermanence holds that nothing in existence is eternal and that all that is, has ever been, and ever will be is subject to the invincible and inevitable process of the wheel of successive change without beginning or end, as the essential nature of being itself.

Atheism, determinism and freewill

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati is a staff member of Creation Ministries International.

In the Western World, most atheists hold to the philosophy of philosophical naturalism (see: Atheist worldview).

If naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces. Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating.

See also

• Predestination
• Calvinism
• Yin and Yang