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Topic	I think it's really sad that most people seriously believe in free will.
Moonjay 05/18/18 8:08:29 PM #4:	ParanoidObsessive posted... By definition, if absolute determinism exists, then no one has any choice whether or not to believe in free will, and whether or not they do makes absolutely no difference at all. Nor is there any virtue in not believing, since you didn't have any choice either. And no sins are actually bad because you had no choice but to commit them. And good people aren't really good, they're just following their programming. --- `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe. <cite>Moonjay posted [p:901596887] in I think it... [t:76622202]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>By definition, if absolute determinism exists, then no one has any choice whether or not to believe in free will, and whether or not they do makes absolutely no difference at all. Nor is there any virtue in not believing, since you didn't have any choice either. </quote> And no sins are actually bad because you had no choice but to commit them. And good people aren't really good, they're just following their programming. --- `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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