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Determinism
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RE: Determinism
(July 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm)Tabby Wrote: we eat and ENJOY our food, not just get nourishment for our bodies. (Which is why there are so many fatties xD)
No. We naturally crave sugar and fat as an instinct. We have access to too much and are unable without effort to curb our natural instinct.

1. We have free will as we are free to choose.
2. Our choices are entirely mechanical and are not really choices.

Evie and I were discussing this the other night, and the importance of outside influence occurred to me. Like with our peer group any outside influence can put us onto a path of choice. Sowing a seed as LEDO (I think) just said on another thread. So this got me thinking on my abstinence stance on proselytization. Only when presented can reasoned ideas become part of the process of understanding any particular idea.
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Messages In This Thread
Determinism - by Tabby - July 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 6:35 pm
RE: Determinism - by LEDO - July 21, 2009 at 6:39 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 6:42 pm
RE: Determinism - by LEDO - July 22, 2009 at 6:09 pm
RE: Determinism - by Purple Rabbit - July 25, 2009 at 8:28 am
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2009 at 6:55 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 21, 2009 at 7:26 pm
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 21, 2009 at 8:47 pm
RE: Determinism - by Ryft - July 22, 2009 at 12:17 am
RE: Determinism - by Kyuuketsuki - July 22, 2009 at 4:45 am
RE: Determinism - by Tiberius - July 22, 2009 at 8:58 am
RE: Determinism - by LukeMC - July 22, 2009 at 9:24 am
RE: Determinism - by Tabby - July 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 22, 2009 at 12:38 pm
RE: Determinism - by fr0d0 - July 22, 2009 at 1:01 pm
RE: Determinism - by Edwardo Piet - July 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm
RE: Determinism - by Watashi - August 9, 2009 at 10:08 pm
RE: Determinism - by Kyuuketsuki - August 10, 2009 at 1:57 am

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