RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 22, 2012 at 8:06 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 22, 2012 at 8:02 pm)Undeceived Wrote:(August 22, 2012 at 7:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I think you overestimate your ability to predict even your own "decisions". Are you precognitive? Would you like to put your ability to the test?I knew my decision before I made it because I knew my state of mind. I knew, for example, I don’t like to spend lots of money on luxury. So I’m not going to buy a Lexus. The only reason my self-precognition is limited is because I lack full knowledge of all the variables. If I could read other people’s states of mind, and know the clockwork of the universe, all scientific laws and the location of every object, I could predict the future myself--assuming I had the IQ to hold it all. A Precog may work the same way. They know your state of mind, personality, situation, ect. so they can predict your choice without your actually making it.
Judging by this alone you clearly understand the concept. Now that I know you understand I don't want to see any weaseling or repetition of questions already answered. Not that I haven;t already addressed this response as well. No matter how the precog manages to experience the future, no matter what means are employed, it is a requirement of precognition that events be predestined. There is no room for choice in this clockwork universe occupied by a precog...and even if the universe were not occupied by a precog..if it were even possible to have knowledge of the future, there would still be no room left for "choice".
You desire a clockwork universe filled with choices (and subsequent consequence). When's the last time you held a clock responsible for the position it's hands were facing at any given moment?
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