Randomness can be seen as conflicting with the deterministic ideas of some religions, such as those where the universe is created by an omniscient deity who is aware of all past and future events. If the universe is regarded to have a purpose, then randomness can be seen as impossible.
https://infogalactic.com/info/Randomness
I guess this does follow my logical train of thought, I have had the belief God exists and yet thought I was “free” to do things God couldn’t predict, however this would seemingly make it impossible for God to predict the future… hence I have tried to adopt a “compatibilist” view that somehow we are both determined and yet freely make choices.
Yet also, if we live in something of a determinist world, then there isn’t much that is truly “random”… it’s just something willed (chosen) by God which might not have a discernable pattern to us, but is the pattern purposefully chosen by God.
Anyway, any thoughts on if “true randomness” exists or what that even means?
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It depends how you look at it, predisposition can be seen to run counter to randomness, since you can then work out the likelihood of something happening a certain way. It turns out the odds to almost everything we do can be worked out based on factors, just look at the insurance industry.
If humans are pretty good at predicting what other humans will do, then surely God is on another level.
Still though, an individual can defy their predisposition in every way. To say that randomness doesn’t exist would mean to accept that beyond predisposition, everything we do is prescribed. I don’t think this is the case.
For an analogy, let’s say you had an aquarium. It’s interesting to watch the fish do fish things, you care about them and want to make sure they have the right conditions to thrive. You can be fairly certain of what the fish will do, but you can’t control it - and even if you could, there would be no fun in that.
