Free Will (The nature of a \'Creator\')
by David Turell 
, Friday, September 03, 2010, 14:40 (5194 days ago) @ dhw
We are discussing whether / to what extent we have free will, and for this we obviously need a definition. > > ROMANSH: The ability to act or to make choices independently of the environment or of the universe. > > DAVID: I would fully agree, and if you don't mind I will use that brief sentence as my definition also. > > This definition excludes even the possibility that our actions and choices may be determined by factors within ourselves that are beyond our conscious control.- Your inference is correct. We are influenced by our learned background of events throughout our lives, but with that background in place, my choices of action or thought are my choices. We can nit pick back to my genetics for influences, but ultimately, I choose my actions or thoughts. We develop our personalites which become our choice makers.
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