RE: Why do you actually believe in God?
July 1, 2016 at 8:00 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2016 at 8:01 pm by Veritas_Vincit.)
(July 1, 2016 at 7:52 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Does free-will at all play a role in how you "love" a person or praise a person, or is it all forced by instinct?
Free will is an illusion.
First of all we don't have free will over the circumstances we find ourselves in. We don't choose what choices we have to make.
Secondly we don't have free will over what our preference will be, what our experiences that influence our decisions are, other influencing factors - IE social, historical, cultural bias etc.
Thirdly neuroscience has disproved free will in that they can look at your brain and know what choice you will make up to 5 seconds before you are aware of making it. You don't really make a choice, you become aware of it and then rationalise it.
I don't choose to be hungry, nor do I choose to enjoy eating. I have preferences and pleasures and passions but I don't control what they are, I simply respond. It just happens.
(July 1, 2016 at 7:53 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: When you respect a person, what is the belief of respect based upon? Why do you respect some people more then others?
Because some people are more awesome than others.
