...and now for something completely different: Free Will!

[Muffled]

There is no evidence, not even a shred of it.

I and thousands like me are the evidence.

 

[Muffled]

For what it's worth, I don't accept any of the purported teachings of Jesus either. As I've explained in other threads, I don't believe the stories in the Bible about Jesus, or any other story in the Bible for that matter (see here). To be honest, I don't see any reason why we should give the stories of Jesus any more weight than we do the myths about all the deities and demi-gods in Greek mythology.

I believe words that are true are pretty obvious. For instance it seems to me obvious that a good God would give a loaf of bread and not give a scorpion instead.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I and thousands like me are the evidence.

That is insufficient evidence. It's a fallacy known as Argumentum ad Populum (appeal to numbers). It's used when someone wants to persuade other people to accept something by pointing out how many people already accept it. And that's what you're doing now.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I and thousands like me are the evidence.

I thought you would say HIV, Covid-19, Ebola, Monkeypox, Russia-Ukraine war are examples or the floods, fires, droughts all over the world.

 

[ppp]

I believe my time doing jail ministry has an answer to this. Supposedly jail is intended to correct a person's behavior. The truth is: It does not. You can prevent the person from committing a crime while they are in jail but he goes right back to it after getting out. God isn't looking to prevent behavior but to change the mind of the person so he will act right. Those who turn to God in jail get out and no longer commit crimes.

There is nothing in that reply that addresses my question, How is stopping someone from hurting another person turning them into an automaton?
Until you can answer that direct question with an equally direct answer, don't waste my time.