Although some scholars translate Urim and Thumim as something like “guilty” or “innocent”. This form of divination is like a game of “20 Questions” where you are only able to ask yes or no questions. Obviously the high priest was the only one able to access the magic stones ! Power and control.
Modern physics shows us that free will is an impossibility. Quantum fluctuations make our lives and thoughts deterministic, but non-predictable.
We think and behave “as if” we have free will and agency. That’s enough for me.
“Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills”- Schopenhauer.
Although some scholars translate Urim and Thumim as something like “guilty” or “innocent”. This form of divination is like a game of “20 Questions” where you are only able to ask yes or no questions. Obviously the high priest was the only one able to access the magic stones ! Power and control.
Modern physics shows us that free will is an impossibility. Quantum fluctuations make our lives and thoughts deterministic, but non-predictable.
We think and behave “as if” we have free will and agency. That’s enough for me.
“Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills”- Schopenhauer.