(January 2, 2015 at 8:44 pm)Jolnir Wrote: we have a free will to an extend, ...That is an opinion.
Jolnir Wrote:... but we are ruled by our needs and our desires, we will always need to eat for example, but on the other hand there is no universal law that says we have to be like this, its just how we are.That is the discussion. Our free will may be controlled by a universal law. Determinism, basically. We only think we freely made any choice that we make. There are studies from the 70s that show each thought requires a chemical/electrical action prior to each thought we have. Because of the ramifications of this study (IMHO), few studies have been done since.
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
