Are you a determinist? Do you take the scientific position that free will does not exist? Well, you may find that that is illegal as blasphemy under Noahide Laws.
This means that every idolatrous statement, every idea of multiple gods, or no God, or that "God has abandoned the earth," is blasphemous, as well as idolatrous. So is the idea that man has no power to choose between good and evil — i.e., that God denies man free will.
If a man lacks free will, if he is just the plaything of circumstances and not actually responsible for his actions, he cannot truly exist in God's Image. Nor can there be a just punishment for those who do evil, nor any just reward for those who do good.
Falsehoods like those are not merely contrary to what God has told us in His Torah. Any statement, dogma or religion that denies human free will must end by denying that the God of love, the God of Israel, is a true and just and holy Being. (Dallen, 2003, p. 242-243)
SOURCE: Dallen, Michael E. (2003). The Rainbow Covenant. Light Catcher Books & The Rainbow Covenant Foundation.
It is possible to believe in God and be determinist.
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