Free Will... Do we have it or do we not?

 For Sunday, May 11th's sermon, I went down several rabbit holes that kind of blew my mind.

And one thing that really got me was a video of "Two Astrophysicists Debate Free Will".

Watch the video, link below, and let me know what you think.

TWO ASTROPHYSICISTS DEBATE FREE WILL

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