This might be related to whether you see yourself as a part of the universe, or as an observer. If you are an observer, the objection is like “if I watch a movie, everything in the movie follows the script, but I am outside the movie, therefore outside the influence of the script”.
If you are religious, I guess your body is a part of the universe (obeys the laws of gravity etc.), but your soul is the impartial observer. Here the religion basically codifies the existing human intuitions.
It might also depend on how much you are aware of the effects of your environment on you. This is a learned skill; for example little kids do not realize that they are hungry… they just get kinda angry without knowing why. It requires some learning to realize “this feeling I have right now—it is hunger, and it will probably go away if I eat something”. And I guess the more knowledge of this kind you accumulate, the easier it is to see yourself as a part of the universe, rather than being outside of it and only moved by “inherently mysterious” forces.
This might be related to whether you see yourself as a part of the universe, or as an observer. If you are an observer, the objection is like “if I watch a movie, everything in the movie follows the script, but I am outside the movie, therefore outside the influence of the script”.
If you are religious, I guess your body is a part of the universe (obeys the laws of gravity etc.), but your soul is the impartial observer. Here the religion basically codifies the existing human intuitions.
It might also depend on how much you are aware of the effects of your environment on you. This is a learned skill; for example little kids do not realize that they are hungry… they just get kinda angry without knowing why. It requires some learning to realize “this feeling I have right now—it is hunger, and it will probably go away if I eat something”. And I guess the more knowledge of this kind you accumulate, the easier it is to see yourself as a part of the universe, rather than being outside of it and only moved by “inherently mysterious” forces.