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A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
November 19, 2023 at 5:34 pm
(November 19, 2023 at 5:31 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(November 19, 2023 at 4:59 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: I don't believe in free will because beyond any other unanswered question it's absolutely clear that we do not possess it.  

We possess a coerced will.  I possess a coerced will.  I am not my own man.  There are things that I wish were otherwise, and I acknowledge that no amount of any of us wishing makes it so, or even possible, or possibly so.

God teaching you a lesson about not getting your way all the time doesn't really count as "coercion"

If God is punishing you to try to get you to act differently, presumably go get you to think in the way God wants you too, then I am pretty sure it can be a form of coercion. It also does not help that he is trying to get you to obey his "will" and all.
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RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will - by ShinyCrystals - November 19, 2023 at 5:34 pm

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