There's no such thing as a loving God

There's no such thing as a loving God Mar 14, 2017 21:13:32 GMT

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Post by cupcakes on Mar 14, 2017 21:13:32 GMT

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@miccee said: You're actually asking for evidence that people don't choose what to think before thinking it? Well here is evidence that our decisions are made before we are aware of them:

Libet's conclusions depend utterly on many unwarranted assumptions. We don't have a grasp of the mechanisms the brain uses to make choices, much less how pre-decision making and delays from realization to registering/acting/reporting fit in.

Besides which, if we could choose our will, then we would need a will with which to choose our will. And a will with which to choose the will with which we choose our will, and so on...

I see you've purloined this bit and incorporated it into your repertoire. That's not free will, that's freaky amorphous god-blob. Free will just means the being makes choices based on who they are, with all their characteristics. How they got that way and ultimate culpability is another, related discussion.

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