RE: Theists: How can predetermined fate and free will coexist?
December 29, 2016 at 12:25 am
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2016 at 12:27 am by henryp.)
(December 28, 2016 at 1:39 pm)alpha male Wrote:(December 28, 2016 at 1:16 am)wallym Wrote: Philosophically, nothing. But practicality is in play for every individual who has a biological urge to not be smashed with a hammer.
Nope. In this scenario, thoughts aren't the result of biological urges, they're 100% predetermined by God. It's no different from running I don't want to be smashed with a hammer through the computer's processor.
We look at a computer chess program. We know that the pieces don't have any real value, and the game is ultimately devoid of meaning. But the program is still going to run, and try to win the game.
I know there is no difference between a human not wanting to be smashed with a hammer, and a computer not wanting to be smashed with a hammer. But my not wanting to be smashed with a hammer trumps the knowledge that the two are the same philisophically.
We assign the right to fair judgment as our programming dictates. Just like everything else.
