(now, granted that this may in the end be a meaningless discussion)
so, JessP (or anyone who want to respond), what's your take on our ability to choose? imo, current thinking in physics is that the movement of particles is deterministic (or random if the particles are really small)...
so, if an object such as yourself behaves in a certain way, we can say it was "making a choice"... but it's really just a language thing, like calling something "moral"...
but, no choice is really being made... it's like flipping a switch and seeing a lightbulb turn on...
Hey Dan..... And anyone else here.
And God bless Jess. And BEAUTIFUL magenta! Wish I had your knowledge.
Hope I can chime in with 2-cents.
I think it was Ravi Zacharius I heard say,
(he may have been quoting someone else?)
But he said, 'In some cultures they love their neighbor,
In some cultures they eat them, ... Do you have a preference?'
Making a point about cultural/moral relativism.
Is killing, cooking and eating your neighbor
A worse choice than caring, loving and helping them
If there is no God? Why or why not?
Btw, perhaps Jess might like Ravi's ministry.
I'm not making an endorsement...I haven't checked him out
in a long time myself, which I should...
The title, 'Let My People Think', says it all what he's about...
thinking about God, Life, Scripture in a deep way, something Jess
seems to be into, (as we all should). Think I'll pay them a long overdue
visit myself...I got some great insight from them long ago, and have
kind of gotten away from those challenges to the mind,
a sometimes forgotten place where we are ALSO called
to love the Lord our God (with).
Sometimes it seems my heart and
mind are at battle with each other,
but God says we are to love Him and each other
with ALL our heart AND ALL our mind together, not taking turns, lol.
Thx to you ppl and this thread for the encouragement in that direction.