RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?
October 11, 2018 at 10:41 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2018 at 10:45 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(October 11, 2018 at 12:00 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: But what about Calvinists? I'm asking. Cuz I don't know. Apparently they don't believe in free will.
I think they are more compatablist oriented. They'll have to answer for themselves. Otherwise, talking about free-will vs. determinism is messy because you cannot do it without having a defined theory of time and clear ontology. IMHO we have to muddle through this one, make some tentative assumptions, and live in accordance with what our philosophy entails. One persistent question is this. If my deeds are inevitable why is the illusion of consciously deliberation and control even needed? Thoughts and feelings would be just along for the ride, so to speak. Personally, I agree with Sartre (or was it Camus, not sure) that Man is condemned to be free. I cannot imagine what it would be like to live under the presumption that my entire being follows mechanically from the initial conditions of the physical universe. YMMV.
(October 11, 2018 at 9:48 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I am guessing, that you are going to reference God hardening the heart of Pharaoh or something like that.
The same life-giving sun that softens butter will harden clay.
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