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Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways.
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RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways.
(April 3, 2016 at 11:24 am)pool the great Wrote:
(April 3, 2016 at 11:13 am)Jehanne Wrote: I didn't post this thread to argue that, rather, my point is that people like you are good people and that you have no choice but to be good.

I can be just as bad as I'm good. Wink
I always have a choice.

I would argue that you don't; rather, I would argue that you are incapable of doing evil things, such as robbing banks, kidnapping little children, torturing animals, etc.  I would cite as evidence the fact that individuals who do such things, without exception, have deficiencies within their brains and/or past environments which has a direct and discernible causal link with their present behavior.  These correlates can be demonstrated using statistical methods.
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RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by deleteduser12345 - April 3, 2016 at 8:37 am
RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by deleteduser12345 - April 3, 2016 at 10:05 am
RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by deleteduser12345 - April 3, 2016 at 10:39 am
RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by deleteduser12345 - April 3, 2016 at 1:16 pm
RE: Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways. - by Jehanne - April 3, 2016 at 12:25 pm

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