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Free Will Theodicy
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RE: Free Will Theodicy
(July 13, 2023 at 4:12 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Define free will.   In what way is it free?


I'll let someone else give this a try, ... 
these days it's about decision making, and neuro-science's study of when and how decisions are made, and how much of 
a decision is made on unconscious elements and how much is made on conscious elements. There is a great deal of research on the subject. 
What you decide to do right now is probably not "free" as it's based on a person's past history and everything that goes into that. 
But in the sense one can change the supporting habits that determine what one does in a given situation, .. that could be said to be "free" in the sense that 
you can decide to change what your subconscious references by learning and training for when a certain situation arises.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell  Popcorn

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Free Will Theodicy - by FlatAssembler - July 9, 2023 at 11:50 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 9, 2023 at 11:53 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by FlatAssembler - July 9, 2023 at 12:24 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 9, 2023 at 12:30 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by FlatAssembler - July 10, 2023 at 7:38 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 7:47 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Bucky Ball - July 13, 2023 at 4:07 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by no one - July 9, 2023 at 12:26 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by FlatAssembler - July 9, 2023 at 12:29 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Bucky Ball - July 10, 2023 at 10:26 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2023 at 5:51 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 8:19 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 8:30 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 9:02 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 9:41 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 9:50 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 10:09 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 10:14 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 10:22 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 10:47 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by h4ym4n - July 10, 2023 at 11:58 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 12:00 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by h4ym4n - July 10, 2023 at 12:02 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 12:12 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 12:27 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 9:54 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 10:51 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 10:51 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 11:34 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 11:39 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 11:49 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 12:26 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 12:38 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by h4ym4n - July 10, 2023 at 12:01 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 12:17 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 12:47 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 2:47 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 2:59 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 3:06 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 4:25 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 4:33 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 4:43 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 4:49 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Angrboda - July 10, 2023 at 4:46 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 4:59 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 5:17 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 5:42 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 5:44 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 5:50 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 6:06 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 6:12 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 6:21 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 6:26 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 6:27 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 6:36 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Ahriman - July 10, 2023 at 6:56 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 10, 2023 at 7:17 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2023 at 5:03 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Bucky Ball - July 13, 2023 at 1:49 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Anomalocaris - July 13, 2023 at 4:12 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Bucky Ball - July 13, 2023 at 11:53 am
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Anomalocaris - July 13, 2023 at 12:50 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Bucky Ball - July 13, 2023 at 2:15 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by The Grand Nudger - July 13, 2023 at 1:39 pm
RE: Free Will Theodicy - by Nolin Lane - July 30, 2023 at 4:54 pm

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