Fri 29 May, 2009 07:19 am - You know, I think we are both right, only not talking on the same level, or degree I'd say, as for the definition of free will. That's what I meant by "artificial". At the level... (view)
Fri 29 May, 2009 06:35 am - [QUOTE=xris;65521]Everything in life is belief, belief in science,belief in scriptures,belief in experiences.Yes i do believe in a soul and it does not make my agnostic view incredible or a shield... (view)
Fri 29 May, 2009 06:22 am - Satan, what do you mean determinism is false?
And then you wrote "Unless someone held a gun to your head, the source of your bad actions is you and the particular causes and effects of how you... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 08:08 pm - [QUOTE=click here;65369]It seems to me as though many people whom hold atheist views but are into "quantum mechanics" use it as some sort of linch pin. As though, "hey maybe we do... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 07:57 pm - I agree, but I don't think it changes the problem. Wanting in itself is a cause. Every time we make a choice, there is a cause to it. Free will isn't just will. Although our choices may... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 07:44 am - Ok I have a request because otherwise this is going to lead nowhere. We're here to discuss something, not to fight or just write what we think without explaining and demonstrating what... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 07:30 am - I never said anyone wrote it, and that is why I am not talking about Fate which implies an intention in causality, a will superior to ours. Surely I make my own choices, but I do not make them out... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 06:39 am - [QUOTE=kennethamy;65337]How can you say both that my choice had a cause, and that I did not make a choice? In fact, it was worse than that. You said that [I]because[/I] my choice had a cause, I did... (view)
Thu 28 May, 2009 06:30 am - I think I got what you meant. But what distinction do you make exactly between being forced to and caused to? The whole issue of determinism vs free will, which has been a philosophical polemic at... (view)
Wed 27 May, 2009 08:17 pm - Holiday20310401, I really wish I could understand what you're trying to say, instead of just believing it, which I certainly would like though. Determinism not only involves logic, actually... (view)
