This is an interesting way of looking at it, but I think many would say if we don't determine our will, we don't have free will. — T Clark
thoughts and behaviour are determined by nature and nurture. This poses the problem that humans have lack of capability to change, at the level of thoughts and neurochemistry. My own view is that human beings have reflective consciousness, which is the foundation of potential change. — Jack Cummins
The difficulty for followers though is that he did it for others, whereas followers tend to do it for their own salvation — unenlightened
it is a category error that destroys one of the most basic and most fundamental presuppositions of Christianity. — Leontiskos
As to the rejection of the Nicean Creed, — Hanover
If we have to ignore 99% of what Christian leaders and scholars throughout history have said on what constitutes the essence of Christianity, — Leontiskos
It is true that only Mormons think Mormons are Christian — Leontiskos
Recently, I was warned about posting a piece of news from a mainstream journal — Lionino
The debate largely hinges on theological differences and the definition of what it means to be "Christian." — ChatGPT
Alternatively, we could go with Nietzsche's observation to further appease everyone: "There was only one Christian and he died on the cross." — Nils Loc
Anyway, Mormons aren't Christian, the only ones who think so are Mormons — Lionino
Everybody knows an awful lot about any given topic they are talking about... — Lionino
I don't see how that relates to what you are replying — Lionino
Matter of fact, my usage of punctuation is refined and aims for clarity. — Lionino
But besides that, if the two were connected, I would put an em dash between the two, not a period — Lionino
It doesn't seem like you have looked a lot into Mormonism. — Lionino
To be Christian, you need to believe that Jesus Christ is divine and died for us. Mormons aren't Christian, neither are Kardecists. — Lionino
Mormons believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again so that all humankind could be resurrected and one day return to live with a loving Heavenly Father.
We believe Jesus is the Son of God the Father and as such inherited powers of godhood and divinity from His Father
Pretty much, except that under physical determinism, it is (in principle) possible to predict all future decisions given perfect knowledge of initial conditions and laws of nature (set aside quantum indeterminacy). — Relativist
Are you familiar with Molinism? William Lane Craig is a Molinist, insisting that we have LFW despite the fact that each choice could not have differed from what it actually was - because you can't do something contrary to what the omniscient God knew you would do. He nevertheless insists choices are freely willed: God just happens to have magical knowledge of what freely willed choices you will make. — Relativist
This is nearly identical to compatibilism. The only real difference is that Craig assumes the mind/will operates independently of the deterministic forces of the universe.
He doesn't write about compatibilism...but his description of behavior seems perfectly consistent with compatibilism. — Relativist
If you include the entire room you would have the temperature difference — Count Timothy von Icarus
In fact, to understand that sort of relationship and all of its connotations would seem to require expanding your phase space map to an extremely wide temporal-spatial region. — Count Timothy von Icarus
For example, a hot cup of coffee might be a clue at a murder scene. The cup is still hot, so we know someone made it recently. However, knowing "the precise location and velocity of every particle in the cup" would not give us access to this "clue." The information that the cup of coffee was made recently lies in the variance between its temperature and the ambient environment. Likewise, if it was iced coffee, and the ice had yet to melt, we could also tell that it could not have been there long, although this information cannot be had from taking the ice cubes in isolation. — Count Timothy von Icarus