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A zillion different ways.
Starting out a conversatin with "There is no God" is one of them.
But why would an atheist claim such, if the theist hasn't claim that God exist?
That's the point -- its not.
If -everything- is created by the laws of physics, then nothing is up to you, it is all set in stone. "Everything" would include your thoughts, your actions, etc. All of it is pre-ordained and unchangeable.
You're thinking macro, I'm thinking micro.
Clearly, the laws of physics does not decide what I'm going to have for dinner tonight. It's my choice. This would be micro.
100 years from now, I'll be long dead. This is unchangeable and unavoidable. This is also macro.
Just because I cannot avoid death, does not mean I do not have free will. Similarly, just because the ultimate end cannot be avoided, does not mean I do not have free will.
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