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Sunday 23 June 2019

The egotistical reasons why people take the positions they do on God and free will

1.  Debating the existence of free will and determinism is the equivalent to debating the existence of God and equally futile.


2.  A teleological approach would be to ask ourselves the nature and purpose of these concepts.  If you believe in God, then you want to follow His laws. If you don't believe in God, you don't want to follow His laws. If you believe in free will, it means you want the dignity of possessing it. If you deny free will, it is because you don't want to take responsibility for your actions and want a fallback position when your attempt to exercise free will by embarking on a risky undertaking fails.

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