10 Jan '06 04:49>
Given that our consciousness is the product of chemicals and their interactions and influences from the environment, and that our thoughts are dictated by predispositions (as the result of inheritance). Then it is impossible that we can truly make a free decision. Hence, we have no free will.
This also has implications for law. Is a person truly accountable for their actions? given that there is no free will, then there is no accountability.
If there is no free will, then the passage in genesis explaining God's gift of free will, is false. With the bible being "the word of God," then God lied. Or God doesn't exist, Or some lunatic composed a spurious religious text which is now adhered to by billions of people. In short, all Christians (and probably all other theists) have been lied to in some way as a consequence.
Anyone disagree?
This also has implications for law. Is a person truly accountable for their actions? given that there is no free will, then there is no accountability.
If there is no free will, then the passage in genesis explaining God's gift of free will, is false. With the bible being "the word of God," then God lied. Or God doesn't exist, Or some lunatic composed a spurious religious text which is now adhered to by billions of people. In short, all Christians (and probably all other theists) have been lied to in some way as a consequence.
Anyone disagree?