Likewise darkness is the absence of light, cold/heath, silence/sound, death/life... life is overwhelmingly sustainable, beautiful, healthy and coherent, often incompatible with human greed, selfishness and arrogance.
It is "easier" (at first at least) to be lazy, arrogant and evil. I takes less energy to cause damage than to repair something; to destroy vs. build; to criticize vs. understand...
We can look for the evidence that will support our beliefs. In my mother-tongue the equivalent for "free-will" is "livre-arbitrio". Although the significance might be the same today, the origin of the word "arbitrio" has more to do with judgment than will; i.e. free-judgement...
People who practice meditation can do amazing things with their bodies, I don't spend much time with meditation but have had interesting experiments and results regarding 'little' health issues. From aches and strains to inner control and consciousness.
Thus far have not yet found self proclaimed atheists. Many (like myself) will not associate to a religion, like Vaclav Havel -- who also said "The existence of a higher authority than man himself began to get in the way of human aspirations".
People who practice meditation can do amazing things with their bodies, I don't spend much time with meditation but have had interesting experiments and results regarding 'little' health issues. From aches and strains to inner control and consciousness.