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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 19, 2023 at 5:05 pm
(November 19, 2023 at 4:59 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I don't believe in free will because beyond any other unanswered question it's absolutely clear that we do not possess it.  

We possess a coerced will.  I possess a coerced will.  I am not my own man.  There are things that I wish were otherwise, and I acknowledge that no amount of any of us wishing makes it so, or even possible, or possibly so.

Yeah, there seems to be many factors in our, well, environment that would prevent free will now, would there not be? I mean, I never understood how we can exactly be free when different things, internally and externally, make it difficult, or even impossible for free will to exist.
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will - by ShinyCrystals - November 19, 2023 at 5:05 pm

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