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Question: What is your opinion about having Free Will!? Do you believe it's an!?
illusion!?
Here's why I feel that there really isn't such thing as "Free Will":
I have an opportunity to earn a second 4-year degree which I really desire, but pursuing it will most likely cause me too loose my marriage, and there's no guarantee that I will finish the program (in Applied Math and Finance)!.
I'll have to take student loans, but after I earn the degree, I will be making double the income ON The OTHER HAND
I have been offered a full-time teaching position at a public school paying me just an 'okay' salary!. But If I earn the Applied Math and Finance Degree, I'll be making double that, but I will most likely have to kiss my wife and kids goodbye (She just doesn't want to scrape by anymore) (it's going to take four more years to finish)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Free will is an illusion!. You came to your perceived choices not so much by your decisions or anyone else's, but by what you are and what those were who entered and exited your life in the past!. Now you are faced with choices that challenge your generated and inherited value system!. What you eventually decide will be a result of what you are and what others are that are currently in your life!. You must establish your priorities, make your choice and suffered the consequences!. But be aware that whatever choice you make, you could make none other, because you are what you are!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I don't think it's an illusion, and in that situation you have free will as well!.
It's just that in your situation, the reality that there are consequences for your actions is much more obvious than in other situations!. But absolutely nothing is stopping you instead of yourself and your sense of preservation of your current situation, and your calculation of risk to reward!.
It's not an easy decision, but you still have a choice, Albeit risky!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
aww bless you, it seems your in a really difficult position
This is just my opinion!.!.!.but I totally understand that both are really important and its up to you at the end of the day
anyway your kids deserve both of there parents!.!.!.it would really hurt them to see thier parents split up and would it not be hard for you not be a full time father to them
If I was you Id go for the job at a public school and maybe save up for a few years then do your degree when you and your family are finanically stable
good luck
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teaching is a rewarding career!. i know lots of people who left high paying jobs to become teachers making half as much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
well look what free will has done so far!.!. we are at war!.!. people dying nd being scared every day
its only okay for some people but!.!. what can u doWww@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, there are consequences for any choice!. But if we could make any choice without consequences, then our choices would be incapable of affecting reality at all!.
If you can choose freely anything you want, without the choice entailing consequences, and no choice you make will make any difference, I submit that is not free will; it substitutes an impotent capacity to daydream for the ability to make decisions and carry them out!.
In any case, I hope your situation works out!. You really need to sit down with your wife and work out a plan!. Is there some way you can make progress toward that second degree (perhaps more slowly) while still accepting the present opportunity!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
/ I believe in Free Will, and it was your own free will to marry and have kids before getting your degree (which in my opinion was quite normal)!.
Now, you have the free will to make your own decision as to which way to go!.
I think you can easily have the best of both worlds, but perhaps you didn't see that yet!.!.!.
You could teach now, and earn your self-described 'okay' salary, financially contributing to your family!.
At the same time, you could attend part-time night classes at the local universary a couple of nights per week - until you attain your degree in AM & F!.
This way, you have the free will to keep the family you love, contribute to the financial support of the family unit, have a teaching career, attend classes a few nights per week, and ultimately end up with the AM & F degree you seek!.
It's a Win/Win situation with time on your side!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
you should go for the degree, if you're good at math, and it's something you really want to do, like passionate about!. you can find another wife and have kids with her and still see the kids from your current marriage!. Really, your current wife should look at this as an investment, if you're greater than 95% that you can get a job at twice your current rate of pay, which will bring greater opportunities for the whole family!. Another consideration is that if you get divorced and she gets 50%, then you're back where you started but with student loans (maybe) and 4 years worth of foregone wages (if you don't work during the time at same income level)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com