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Again, "know" and "make" are two different verbs. That God knows what you will do does not even remotely imply He has to have made you do it. You can do it yourself. I didn't suggest he made me do anything, as you will see if you carefully read my question again. After which you...

So he knows what the outcome of my choice will be once I have made the choice, but does he know what choice I will make before I make it? Again, "know" and "make" are two different verbs. That God knows what you will do does not even remotely imply He has to have made you do it....

At least … you’re thinking! Intuition guided me to that conclusion more than thought did. A lazy flowing river might also. Following an adventurous fly, too. But try to arrive at the same conclusive result with an Aristotelian rigor. But (to quote Wizard) don’t strain the frail double-digits! 🥰 Don...

Alexis Jacobi wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:23 pm

Harbal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:29 pm …but I think that is because you are quite nuts, and I have no particular insight into that sort of thing. Seriously, you are obviously not right in the head.

At least … you’re thinking!

Intuition guided me to that conclusion more than thought did.

Not "randomness," per se. Volition. That is, he created beings that could choose freely to do His will, or to do that which is actually contrary to what He would will for them. That's established very clearly from Genesis on forward...mankind is an entity that can choose "good" ...

I align you with your fellow Landsman and brother Harbal. He is a man who cannot even conceive of what I refer to as *higher*. And you are a man with at least some intellectual wherewithal to destroy an alignment with that *higher set*. You are therefore excellent products for study. No, I cannot c...

When God first created everything and set it all in motion, did he incorporate into his creation the potential for chance and randomness? Not "randomness," per se. Volition. That is, he created beings that could choose freely to do His will, or to do that which is actually contrary to wha...

When I use the word "coercion," all I'm signifying is the belief that an external force (we could say it's God, or material causality, or even quantum mechanics) is supposed to be the real, ultimate, final explanation for what human beings do. In fact, anything other than the explanation ...

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:28 am Religion will always be necessary because most of humanity lag behind moral, ethical, and spiritual development.

Hairball and Dpants being prime examples.

Shut up, you idiot.

The “mass man” that Ortega y Gasset writes about is a phenomenon of our present, and we are all a part of it or subsumed in it. I wish I could find the words to express how little I care, and that desire makes me realise how important not caring is to me. It seems I do have a purpose, after all. 🙂 ...

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:20 am

Harbal wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:20 amI wish I could find the words to express how little I care,

Try zero words then.

No can do.

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:35 am
I think

It's just that you're not very good at it.

Wizard22 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:32 am If AJ feels my positions are problematic,

Why not just ask him what position he prefers?

I don't doubt he'd press me on them.

Would you like to be pressed by AJ?

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:13 pm The world is in a difficult place right now. What can each of us do to keep it from teetering off its axis?

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I try to stay indoors as much as possible, so as not to make things any worse.

The “mass man” that Ortega y Gasset writes about is a phenomenon of our present, and we are all a part of it or subsumed in it. I wish I could find the words to express how little I care, and that desire makes me realise how important not caring is to me. It seems I do have a purpose, after all. 🙂