RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 12, 2023 at 5:57 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2023 at 6:13 pm by Bucky Ball.)
”An enormous portion of cognitive activity is non-conscious, figuratively speaking, it could be 99 percent; we probably will never know precisely how much is outside awareness.” (Dr. Emmanuel Donchin, director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Psychophysiology at the University of Illinois).
That precludes "free will". In general the percentage generally is said to be about 95 %.
It all depends on the definition which still comes from Medieval Theology. There, it means that one can hold in consciousness AT THE TIME the decision is made,
ALL the elements of a choice, (defined in Moral Theology to establish what a "sin" is). That has been proven by neuroscience to be false.
No one can "believe" in god who sincerely thinks the concept is total rubbish, that the concept is incoherent, AND Christianity at least agrees :
"For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, it is not from works, so that no-one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that in them we might walk. (Eph 2:8-10)
That precludes "free will". In general the percentage generally is said to be about 95 %.
It all depends on the definition which still comes from Medieval Theology. There, it means that one can hold in consciousness AT THE TIME the decision is made,
ALL the elements of a choice, (defined in Moral Theology to establish what a "sin" is). That has been proven by neuroscience to be false.
No one can "believe" in god who sincerely thinks the concept is total rubbish, that the concept is incoherent, AND Christianity at least agrees :
"For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, it is not from works, so that no-one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that in them we might walk. (Eph 2:8-10)
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 
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