I never said i was manifested out of no where. You assumed that.
There are two aspects of free will you seem to be overlooking:
- Introspection - you're telling me self analysis isn't free will? If we had no free will we WOULD NOT BE ABLE to engage in introspection.
- Deliberation - the thought process by which we mull over options. Since we are capable of carefully considering a variety of options , then why don't we have free will?