RE: Oh no not another free will thread.
April 22, 2018 at 11:04 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2018 at 11:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That's not the only only way that something could be an inevitable certainty. It's an inevitable certainty that balls roll downhill. I don't have to interfere to make that happen. I don;t even have to know why it happens.
It's an inevitable certainty in that the outcome is a known will-be..not a could be....and not for any interference on the part of the being that possesses the knowledge*. There is no alternative to the will-be, that is what will happen. You will choose a, you can't choose b.
*I keep stressing that it doesn't really matter whether or not anyone knows it, either, if there is a true fact of the future..even if no one has access to it or posesses it...it;s still a true fact. If that fact is "you will choose a".........aaaand you've already heard the rest. The problem for free will in that belief system isn't actually created by the possesser or anything they've done...but by the thing which is possessed, itself. A true, incorrigible fact of the future.
It's an inevitable certainty in that the outcome is a known will-be..not a could be....and not for any interference on the part of the being that possesses the knowledge*. There is no alternative to the will-be, that is what will happen. You will choose a, you can't choose b.
*I keep stressing that it doesn't really matter whether or not anyone knows it, either, if there is a true fact of the future..even if no one has access to it or posesses it...it;s still a true fact. If that fact is "you will choose a".........aaaand you've already heard the rest. The problem for free will in that belief system isn't actually created by the possesser or anything they've done...but by the thing which is possessed, itself. A true, incorrigible fact of the future.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
