Props of the Stage
Before I opened my eyes and filled my lungs up with oxygen, the Stage before me indeed was set. When I sat in drama class so long ago and saw the Shakespearean quote, "All the World's a Stage; we are mere actors," I felt that. But, feeling a thing isn't exactly seeing a thing - comprehending it. My identity was cast upon me before I could even grasp what "identity" really meant. I think all this debate over free will is quite misconstrued. In one corner of the ring you have the hardliners who say you are what you are - a biproduct of your genetics. That's not very helpful to an individual contemplating their course in life. In the other corner, you have those who equate Free Will to the transcendence of some ill-defined soul. I was raised in the Midwest deeply indoctrinated in a fundamental version of Christianity. And I've racked my brain wondering if anybody else from my neck of the woods ever blinked for even a second and thought, ...