I am quite offended that you tell atheists not to participate in this argument regarding free will. I, for one, am an atheist who not only does not believe in god but also I do not believe that we have free will either. I can discuss that further if you wish but "people who don't believe in god are not allowed to participate". So keep me posted.

Secondly, the originator of this thread at some point made the assinine remark that "not believing in a god makes the universe easier to explain". I think you have it backwards. The belief in a "divine" power is only necessary because we don't not have the complete means of explaining the universe. It is the "god believers" that believe in god in order to simplify the universe.