RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 19, 2023 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2023 at 2:55 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 19, 2023 at 1:22 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: Yeah, that much I do agree. Fully. I did say that one of the reasons God or other supreme beings are thought up the way they are is because them being more human is something people can relate to, even though it doesn't equate to truth or what supreme beings, if they existed, really are.You can't negotiate with a flooded river, but maybe you can negotiate with a river god. We might wonder how tied relatability is to biological determinism. Even in a counter-hypothetical world where free will exists..so does what biological determinism is mentioning.
Then again you've got guys like HP Lovecraft who imagine alien gods that offer us none of the transactional benefits of our relatable gods. Only to kill us first and quickly.
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