The Christians invented free will? — Hanover
Nobody invented free will. It still is not existent.
I don't know who came up with the notion first. All I know is that Christians use it extensively when they want to avoid responsibility for their god's actions. — god must be atheist
That is, free will isn't posited to save God from responsibility for all bad acts, but it allows for human responsibility for some acts. Without it, you would absolve all humans of all responsibility. — Hanover
Theoretically, all humans are free of responsibility but they still get punished if they do some no-no or boo-boo. — god must be atheist
Was there some dispute about who ran the jails that you thought you needed to clarify it was the warden and not God?In fact, it's not god that punishes the evil-acting people, but other people. In the USA, and in Canada, mainly through the court system. Although there is vengeance, and the odd vigilante action — god must be atheist
... because theoretical trumps evidential, unless evidential contradicts theoretical.Your thesis was that all humans lacked responsibility. You now restate it in the hypothetical. Why? — Hanover
Was there some dispute about who ran the jails that you thought you needed to clarify it was the warden and not God? — Hanover
because theoretical trumps evidential, unless evidential contradicts theoretical.
"My thesis" had already been theoretical... i only reiterated it as theoretical, not restated it. In the first instance that you refer to, I did not state it was theoretical. So I burn in hell because I did not spell that out to you? — god must be atheist
Yes. There was "responsibility" thrown in due to free will that god allegedly gave to people. — god must be atheist
Why am I asked to explain the simplest things to you? I don't mind complying with demands for explanations for a while, but I get tired of doing this after a while. — god must be atheist
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