RE: Religion is a Delusion/Mental Illness
May 18, 2015 at 11:01 am
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2015 at 11:05 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 16, 2015 at 5:09 pm)snookerman Wrote:(May 14, 2015 at 1:56 pm)robvalue Wrote: If god wanted me to have free will to choose to worship him or not, why does he send people to my door to try and interfere with my decision?
with a purely physical universe, the people coming to your door are a product of deterministic processes (or the random motion of particles)... as is your decision!
Minor corrections, in a purely deterministic universe......."this that and the other"(TTO™) are the product of deterministic processes. The universe being purely physical is not a statement that guarantees this (nor "random" TTO)...and, ironically, in a "not purely physical" universe......... TTO could just as easily be deterministic or random. There's really no sensible distinction between a physical and a physical+ universe, with regards to deterministic or random TTO.
So...no, the universe being purely physical does not lead to those people or your decisions being the result of deterministic processes. To make that claim...you'll need a great deal more than just a physical universe.
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