Yes, I’ll leave you with this. You might find it interesting:

The idea of free will was born out of religious necessity. Early religious institutions needed a framework to justify moral responsibility, sin, and punishment.

If people were truly free to choose good or evil, then it made sense to blame, punish, and condemn those who disobeyed divine law.

Without free will, hell makes no sense... how do you punish someone for doing what they were always going to do?

So the doctrine of free will became a tool of control:

- It made people feel guilty for natural desires.

- It justified obedience and submission.

- It gave priests and rulers moral high ground.

Even after the fall of religion, this belief lingered in secular culture because it flatters the ego. It says: “You are in control. You are responsible. You are the captain of your soul.” It feels empowering... but it’s a myth inherited from a religious system built to exploit guilt.