Dritch is in the unenviable position of understanding that freewill cannot exist in the presence of an all-knowing, omnipotent god, but having to believe that humans are responsible for their sin and deserve to go to hell for it.
No human brain can house such contradictory beliefs without going batty.
History has shown us that we do have limited freewill. Our actions are based on emotions, not logic. We have drives and urges and the limitations of our physical bodies. Still, we aren't all instinct. There is a part of us that can stand back and decide whether to follow our drives and urges. Once we learn that we can do this, our actions will be based more and logic and we will have more freewill than those who just do what comes naturally. This is easier said than done, but, to varying degrees, we do have some control and are not slaves to anything we don't wish to be.
No human brain can house such contradictory beliefs without going batty.
History has shown us that we do have limited freewill. Our actions are based on emotions, not logic. We have drives and urges and the limitations of our physical bodies. Still, we aren't all instinct. There is a part of us that can stand back and decide whether to follow our drives and urges. Once we learn that we can do this, our actions will be based more and logic and we will have more freewill than those who just do what comes naturally. This is easier said than done, but, to varying degrees, we do have some control and are not slaves to anything we don't wish to be.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.