RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 2, 2012 at 8:58 am
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2012 at 8:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
One need not control your decisions to eliminate the possibility of free will, they need only know what you will do before you do it. If it is predestined, and if that predestination is accurate (regardless of who or what is aware of it), then the particulars of your decisions are already set. A human precog (with no other abilities) would rule out free will, no omni-[whatever] god required.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
