u/Ok_Weird_6756

I recently thought about this for a while and I think it really a two part question of "Can we make decisions?" I think so. And also "Are we really making decisions on our own accord?" And I think yes as well.

Yes there are a million things that influence decisions which, causes a confliction with "on our own accord". But I think humans are not some third party entity where we are separate from our past experiences and genetics. I think those past experiences and genetics are part of what make us who we are Of course some influences are bigger than other and some smaller. If we are separate from those things then choices become soulless and random rather than chosen.

So yes basically all of our choices are driven by influences, but those influences are what makes the choices we make "on our own accord" to me. We are what happens to us and what happens to us shapes who we are. If a choice were free from all influences, would it really be our choice?

I think when you die its exactly like before you were born, its like being on anesthetic, or sleep without any dreams. I could see how this could be depressive for some but for me it seems calming and beautifully simple. Just curious what other people really think will happen to them when they die.