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A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
(November 13, 2023 at 6:15 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(November 13, 2023 at 6:02 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: How do you know 1) that infants are ‘wholly good’ and 2) that they have free will?

Boru

They are not capable of any kind of moral evil, and all humans always have free will (under normal circumstances)

Being incapable of moral evil doesn’t qualify as ‘wholly good’. A turnip is also incapable of moral evil.

How do you KNOW that humans have free will?

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 13, 2023 at 6:44 pm

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