Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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That person you are now speaking with who pretends to love peaceful interactions has engaged in trash talking
for months on end with another member and then claimed they did it to keep the other "busy" and "entertained"
... all while complaining about how the other was a trash talker etc etc. That type of hypocrisy is certainly rife.
for months on end with another member and then claimed they did it to keep the other "busy" and "entertained"
... all while complaining about how the other was a trash talker etc etc. That type of hypocrisy is certainly rife.
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Well, you have the data, or "evidence" as you call it, but FWIW, you do come across as very quick to label simple disagreement as trolling, lack of integrity, bullying, etc. Maybe some raw nerves and sensitivities to disagreement at the phase of life and circumstances. It happens in this world in these bodies. Seriously, we all have the freedom to move on to greener pastures. Theology sadly can be a tough business and from one post above, you may be very new to it.
Interesting.. ChatGPT
Most philosophers don’t fully assert that humans have absolute control over every outcome in the world, but rather that we have varying degrees of influence—whether that’s through aligning with a metaphysical force, self-mastery, or the sheer force of will.
The Law of Attraction might be the modern view that leans into the idea of total control over one’s outcomes through mental power and manifestation, though it remains controversial.
So generally speaking this definition of "free will" as the >>>> ability of absolute control of outcomes is an outlier and not about how "freely" one can exercise one's will.
Most philosophers don’t fully assert that humans have absolute control over every outcome in the world, but rather that we have varying degrees of influence—whether that’s through aligning with a metaphysical force, self-mastery, or the sheer force of will.
The Law of Attraction might be the modern view that leans into the idea of total control over one’s outcomes through mental power and manifestation, though it remains controversial.
So generally speaking this definition of "free will" as the >>>> ability of absolute control of outcomes is an outlier and not about how "freely" one can exercise one's will.
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However there is zero Biblical basis for believing the will of the natural man is free so they are left grasping at straws.
Meanwhile they find it pleasant to hobnob with people who say such things as only the fool who says in his
heart, "There is no God," chooses to sin and then becomes a slave to sin. Nobody else requires being set free
and in that theology, Adam was an atheist, there is simply no escaping that rational conclusion.
Meanwhile they find it pleasant to hobnob with people who say such things as only the fool who says in his
heart, "There is no God," chooses to sin and then becomes a slave to sin. Nobody else requires being set free
and in that theology, Adam was an atheist, there is simply no escaping that rational conclusion.
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Deductive would have been a better word than rational, since the inescapable conclusion of cv5's line
of thought, that Adam was an atheist, is clearly as delusional as much of the rest of what he proposed.
He is one who would rather blaspheme God than admit he was wrong about what Scripture plainly says.
of thought, that Adam was an atheist, is clearly as delusional as much of the rest of what he proposed.
He is one who would rather blaspheme God than admit he was wrong about what Scripture plainly says.