Causality

The human experience is grounded in cause and effect. We insist that every observed effect have a cause. When a cause is not recognized we shrug it off as hallucination, illusion, sensual failure, or requiring more investigation or knowledge. Our existence and that of the universe is one such effect. Consequently, God was invented to satisfy the cause requirement. Seems huberistic, in that in a world supposedly at leasst 13.8 billion years old, we were a 13.7999999999...etc. billion year afterthought. Probably not. And purpose? What could possibly have been the purpose for creating both the universe and homosapiens? Assume that the universe began. Scienctists have discovered how it could have begun by the interaction of a few particles within a previous nothing. Why would we rather think that than that the universe just always was? Well, because there is evidence of a big bang. inflation, and expansion that leads us to believe that maybe it wasn't (didn't exist) before then. Then, of course, we have to ask, "Where did the particles come from?". According to the Schwinger Effect, strong electric fields can create particle-antiparticle pairs from a vacuum. And the strong electric fields came from? Still looking for a cause.

What impact does causality have on free will. Every decision is the result of the mind whether consciously, subconsciously, or unconciously. The mind is influenced by a number of factors: genetics and brain chemistry, mental states, experiences and memories, environment, and circumstances.