Man, like a feather in the wind, cannot have will, ability or choice. All events and human acts are created by God. — Anaxagoras
I see that as motivated by the inability to face the burden of having to decide and to act. Essentially it says that nothing you do matters — Wayfarer
and it’s possible that our decisions are fatally flawed. — Wayfarer
And if you believe in the reality of eternal damnation, then that’s a terrifying possibility. — Wayfarer
I think that is an unfair analysis of what Safwan wrote. — I like sushi
The issue is mostly about people using the term “free will” in different contexts and conflating one with the other — I like sushi
suicidal are obvious exceptions to this and not an innate tendency or we wouldn’t be here in the first place — I like sushi
but then again, maybe we’re born instantly suicidal and then by the time we develop into a condition where we’re capable of taking our own lives we’ve “matured” into something else and decide otherwise! — I like sushi
It is not true to say man has his own acts; rather he has them metaphorically.
I believe the Muta'zilites saw this coming and criticized it because it circumvents the duty upon all Muslims to be observant of justice. I'm even willing to be ibn Safwan's thought could be used in extremism to justify terror, because terrorist would see no other way outside the rationale of terrorism. — Anaxagoras
We take this “metaphorically” to mean “morally speaking”. — I like sushi
Your words here might well be used as an example of religious hatred too and serve to recruit people to commit acts here or there — I like sushi
It is here where the responsibility of our actions should be regarded as at least partly willed/authored/chosen by us (as they are given that “us” is a human being and we’re delineated from each other and other objects enuogh to be able to talk about it! Haha!) so our choices do not pass us by due to our possibly self-infused apathy toward the world. — I like sushi
Yes, we’ve a sympathetic nervous system. It was a pedantic musing about how we’re unaware of our initial circumstances in life - highly unlikely that we’re “born suicidal,” it was a joke. — I like sushi
Yet naturally religion isn't the only reason. Of course the Mongols and the whole Arab/Ottoman World turning inwards would be reasons too. — ssu
As Islam had no Renaissance, it's no wonder that they have now to tackle with these issues as science and technology is so important in our time. — ssu
I’m not familiar with his work — I like sushi
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