> > In religious terminology, this is called > > the will of God... > > > > I'm much more comfortable with a more > Buddhist view of the universe in which > everyone has Free Will... > There are no Buddhists that believe in a 'Free Will' because that would mean that they ascribe to the 'soul-monad' theory.
A person would have to have a soul in order to have a will. In order to have a soul, the soul-monad would have to be a permanent, non-changing entity. But, nobody has ever seen a 'soul' or can describe it, because the belief in a soul is just a metaphysical speculation - a soul is not an object of cognition - it is merely another *belief*. So, it is really surprising that Barry would reverse himself now after ten years and state that he now believes in a Soul entity that has the power to change things and events, IMO. Go figure.
