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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:05 AM
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I challenge someone to prove to me that free will does not exist!
Any takers?
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:13 AM
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1. NO free will here. I'm married. n/t
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:20 AM
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5. B...A....W....W...W...A...H....H....A.....W.... B....S...!
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cavanaghjam Donating Member (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:16 AM
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2. I want to,
but it's not my destiny.
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:18 AM
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3. Freewill
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B000001ESN001002/0/103-4213443-9487821
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:21 AM
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AH, it's getting cheaper! nt
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Rumba Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:19 AM
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4. You just had to ask, didn't you?
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MessiahRp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:21 AM
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6. Easy
Certain foods are so good that I cannot exercise free will no matter how hard I try.

The human is supposed to be weak and pathetic. We're the sinners remember? :)

Rp
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:28 AM
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7. "free will" is the Sienfeld of religious argumentation....
... a show about nothing.

It's meaningless. Obviously, a baby that lives for 2 years being abused every day, and then dies a horrible death at the hands of it's abusers, did not have much free will in it's life.

A 40 year old male, from an upper middle class white family may have had more than average "free will" in his life, until a serious mental illness comes along, and then he has very little.

Free will free schmill... at best it's merely the default state of mankind.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 02:28 AM
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8. It is not my destiny to respond to this thread
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Fleurs du Mal Donating Member (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 03:08 AM
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9. Name one thing you've done of your own volition.
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 03:13 AM
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10. If you choose not to decide
you still have made a choice
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