Okay so everyone here as explained to me why I don't have free will, which I see you're point but my definition is much more narrow. Of course I don't have any choice in where I born, raised, or taught as a child, but I do have the freedom to make immediate choices about my current situation. I was conditioned not to behave violently, but if I wanted to, I could grab a gun go out and shoot a bunch of people just because I felt like it. Does the universe have an immediate say in whether I do or do not act on that? I don't see how.

Anyway, HOW DO YOU FOLKS DEFINE FREE WILL? From the sounds of it, its almost like you guys want free will from the very beginning. You want to choose where you're from, what you believe in, what you have been taught, conditioned, etc, etc and hell, let's through in the ability to control the very fabric of the universe. That's not free will. That's playing god in my opinion. We are all conditioned; but to honestly believe that every single choice you have ever made or ever will make is due to some grand design or plot or even mathematical equation sounds almost like a complete fear of responsibility.