my genes made me do it?

One of the things that the movie, What the Bleep…, really emphasizes is the evidence against determinism. Determinism would state that free will is an illusion. The most prevalent deterministic viewpoint today is that we humans are “prewired” to think a certain way and act a certain way depending on our genetic, neurological, and physiological makeup. Instead of, “The devil made me do it,” of Flip Wilson days, “My genes/ neurons/ hormones/ etc. made me do it.”

But not so fast. Two things to be said. One obvious. There is a gap between stimulus and response. We can choose not to do what our physiological makeup is signaling us to do. Second, according to brain research, we can actually “rewire” those loops through our thinking. Much of the discussion in the film is about addictions. Breaking the physical patterns supposedly predetermined is possible.

As evidence is gathered on all of this, it might be helpful to remember what another said about it.

Romans 12:2 (NLT)
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.