Re: Sheep that follow others to safety or ones that drown in the flood?

Sure, planning, training, repeated actions and past experience all play a role in shaping what is likely to happen in the future.  As the saying goes, the future is always rooted in the past.  In the broadest sense one could point to predetermination in just about everything, but it still comes down to acts of free will that complete the picture.  It was predetermined that I would likely wake up today, How I spend my waking day is largely acts of free will.  The forces of predetermination may shape how I will likely behave, but I still have to make conscious decisions to implement that behavior.  And just between you and me, I am prone to do the unexpected.  Or is that predetermined to do the unexpected?