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Free will: an illusion

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Sour
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06-14-2006 8:20 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Heathen
06-14-2006 4:56 PM

1) Free will is an Illusion, since God knows what will happen, what choices we will make.
I agree. Isn't the normal reply that because God is all powerful he could make it so? At least he could give the utter appearance of free will. If we couldn't tell there would be no real difference.
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- It is my understanding that freedom to chose requires having ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION to make that choice. INFORMATION.. not hearsay, not stories, not ancient questionable texts.
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This is not my understanding of free will. We make choices based on incomplete information all the time.
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2) Without the relevant information to make an informed choice our 'Free will' is not free at all.
By 'Free will' do you specifically mean the choice of belief in the Christian god?
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