RE: Does Free Will actually exist? Is there a way to tell?
February 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 6:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 1, 2015 at 11:21 am)Rhythm Wrote: I don't mind allowing you that little comfort blanket : god's not doing shit...let alone predetermining things, granted...but this is irrelevant.1
(February 2, 2015 at 9:12 am)Rhythm Wrote: I don't think god determines anything...remember?2
(February 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You've seen no such thing, this will be the third time that I've explicitly stated that I don't think that god is determining jack shit.3
That was for the record, in three separate posts, jackass. Now please, tell me again that I've:
Quote:taken the stance that God predetermines by His inhabitants within everything, by His knowledge of your decisions.Find your shame, liar, and while you're at it -because it's related- learn about the consequences of one's statements. My position, repeatedly stated, is that if such knowledge is even possible, regardless of who has it, regardless of why or how, then hard determinism holds....because that's -exactly- what that would mean. It doesn't matter if its your silly fucking god with this ability, with this knowledge, or a bum on the corner of 5th and Main. It doesn't matter if it's your silly fucking god that's made this world so, or a damned toaster, it only matters that it -is- so. Your beliefs about what god can do, what god knows, could only be true if this was so, if this was how the world is.....and if that's the case - bzzzzzt - no free will.
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