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On Theism & Immaterial Minds
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RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds
June 13, 2013 at 2:39 am (This post was last modified: June 13, 2013 at 2:40 am by fr0d0.)
Didn't you just answer your own question there? The 'self aware' mind as you define it is the only one able to make choices which can be judged. If an animal can't make choices (in your analogy) then it can't be held responsible for its actions. It acts only on instinct.
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On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 6:21 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 8:19 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 9:11 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 9:16 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Ryantology - June 12, 2013 at 8:26 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 8:34 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 10:58 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:03 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 11:32 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:39 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 12, 2013 at 11:57 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Godschild - June 12, 2013 at 11:30 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 1:41 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 2:25 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 2:39 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 2:50 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 2:57 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 3:04 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:11 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:12 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 3:16 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:21 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 3:27 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 7:34 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 14, 2013 at 2:43 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 14, 2013 at 9:43 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 7:17 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 15, 2013 at 11:08 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 4:23 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Faith No More - June 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 15, 2013 at 7:55 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Faith No More - June 15, 2013 at 10:15 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 15, 2013 at 10:32 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Faith No More - June 17, 2013 at 10:06 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:15 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 2:51 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 2:56 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:09 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 13, 2013 at 3:12 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:33 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Ben Davis - June 14, 2013 at 7:23 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by bennyboy - June 14, 2013 at 3:38 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by little_monkey - June 14, 2013 at 4:06 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by bennyboy - June 14, 2013 at 9:25 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by Ben Davis - June 17, 2013 at 7:25 am
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by TheBigOhMan - June 15, 2013 at 10:13 pm
RE: On Theism & Immaterial Minds - by FallentoReason - June 17, 2013 at 12:23 pm

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