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Free Will
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RE: Free Will
I have yet to see a theist make a coherent case that free will can exist under the aegis of an omnimax god.

If a god created everything, then that god created human actions and the outcomes of those actions. From which hand I stir my coffee with, to whom I marry, to which university I attend - ALL of these actions are part and parcel of the universe. If there are things which a god did not create, then the case must be addressed as to whether gods create anything at all.

The case is particularly rough for the Abrahamic God. This god is teetotal fucknuts crazy when it comes to punishing people who commit evil acts. But, since there is nothing this god did not create (it says so right here in the manual), then God created the 'choices' and actions that lead to the punishment. Since there is nothing that cannot be part of God's plan, then the man who rapes and murders a child is doing 'God's will' every bit as much as the man who spends his fortune to bring food and medicine to sick, starving children - the sinner and the saint are merely performing the acts that God created at the instantiation of the universe. EVERY act, from the minute to the magnificent, is pre-planned and pre-ordained by God.

Where then is free will?

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 12, 2015 at 3:12 pm
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RE: Free Will - by bennyboy - October 14, 2015 at 6:03 am
RE: Free Will - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 12, 2015 at 6:05 pm
RE: Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 13, 2015 at 10:55 am
RE: Free Will - by vorlon13 - October 12, 2015 at 7:21 pm
RE: Free Will - by Mudhammam - October 12, 2015 at 7:40 pm
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RE: Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 13, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Free Will - by Mudhammam - October 14, 2015 at 1:44 am
RE: Free Will - by Grandizer - October 14, 2015 at 3:20 am
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RE: Free Will - by The Grand Nudger - October 13, 2015 at 4:11 pm
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RE: Free Will - by Mudhammam - October 14, 2015 at 11:45 pm
RE: Free Will - by Grandizer - October 15, 2015 at 12:04 am
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RE: Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 15, 2015 at 2:31 pm
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RE: Free Will - by Mudhammam - October 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm
RE: Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 15, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Free Will - by Edwardo Piet - October 15, 2015 at 3:53 pm
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RE: Free Will - by Mudhammam - October 16, 2015 at 2:16 am
RE: Free Will - by Pyrrho - October 16, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Free Will - by Angrboda - October 15, 2015 at 6:08 pm
RE: Free Will - by Edwardo Piet - October 15, 2015 at 6:24 pm
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