free will
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Some churches in and around India's financial capital Mumbai have begun asking worshippers to give a declaration in writing - "I came here to pray of my own free will."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Sometimes I feel like I have free will and sometimes I don’t. I feel like I might as well be played by another player. It became existential pretty quickly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Are you entering into this of your own free will — without any coercion?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
No machine has free will, conscience, spiritual depth, the capacity for love, or the ability to grow through hardship, sacrifice and contemplation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"I thought that as a man of experience . . ." "Well, I ain't had that experience. I went North of my own free will."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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