(November 5, 2011 at 11:50 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I guess I can't really speculate because I'm not even certain we actually have free will in this life. The evidence points to the fact that we are slaves of our biological structure so how that would play out in a situation where we don't have bodies is anybody's guess.
I feel like I have free will, so I must, but my scientific mind tells me otherwise. Just our awareness alone has many unanswered issues. The "Why am I me' thread does not seem to be really going anywhere. Consciousness does not seem to be a well explored concept scientifically. I do believe that our 'free will' is the result of biochemical reactions.
As devil's advocate for the theists, I would say that we have a free will from god contained within our soul, but external to the body and if one follows all the god rules and truly fights temptation 24/7, then one gets to go to heaven where the corporal body is no more and the earthly temptations are no more, so one can then have their free will and their memories and live for all eternity doing nothing but praising god.
/end of advocacy
"Live for all eternity doing nothing but praising god" is certainly nothing I would strive for even if there were a god.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
