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A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will

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A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 8, 2023 at 1:51 pm
(October 18, 2023 at 6:06 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Everyone always does what they prefer. Literally one hundred percent of the time. It would never be any different. So it's like, we have free will, but only the free will to do what we wanted to do and were going to do anyway. You are always just doing what you prefer to be doing.

I agree. The free will-determinism debate seems totally beside the point to me, because whether we think we're making completely free choices or believe we're just executing our tasks in the grand algorithm, we still have to make decisions about our lives and abide by them.
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will - by Istvan - November 8, 2023 at 1:51 pm

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