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Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 11:53 am
What do you think it is?
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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 11:59 am
Extremely vague. Do you have any context in mind?
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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 12:02 pm
(April 14, 2016 at 11:59 am)robvalue Wrote: Extremely vague. Do you have any context in mind?

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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 12:04 pm
Is it vague? Interesting...

No, I don't have any context in mind. How about just starting with what comes to mind first?
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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 12:18 pm
There is no freedom, if you don't have sufficient funds. As vague as your question, but true. Freedom is a luxury only relatively few can afford.
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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 12:27 pm (This post was last modified: April 14, 2016 at 12:30 pm by paulpablo.)
I think freedom is relative. Unless you're more specific with the question. Most people who aren't on life support machines in a coma or something like that have some freedom. Even then they may have some limited freedom of thought.

I think human freedom is consists of being able to decide what to do either physically or decide what to think mentally.

Obviously if you believe everything is pre determined and there is no real freedom then the answer would be there is no human freedom. But based on the outlook that people can make choices I'd say that's what freedom is.


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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 1:15 pm
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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 1:20 pm
There are times when it goes way too far.

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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Just the other day, my wife and I ate a delicious dinner of steaks and vegetables, then a little later we split a Flamethrower Burger from Dairy Queen for dessert.


That's what freedom means to me.


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"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)

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RE: Human Freedom
April 14, 2016 at 2:11 pm (This post was last modified: April 14, 2016 at 2:11 pm by robvalue.)
No context?

It's two words. Yes, it's extremely vague.

Could mean a lot of different things. The first thing that comes to my mind is the freedom to explore the universe and not be glued to a rock. Which of course we don't have.
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