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Old 11-04-2005, 08:22 PM
Borodog Borodog is offline
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Default Re: Restating the Paradox

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Naturalism says we are entirely the result of causes operating according to fixed laws. Where is free will?

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A natural Universe operating according to fixed laws is not necessarily a deterministic Universe. Quantum Mechanics is a fundamentally non-deterministic science.

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Evolution by chance says we are the product of randomness.

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Evolution doesn't procede randomly. Evolution procedes according to random variation and non-random selection.

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If all we think and will is random, where is free will?

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What does this have to do with evolution? How did you get to "all we think and will is random" from the element of randomness involved in biological evolution? How does the evolution of mankind over the past x million years have anything to do with whether I choose waffles or pancakes for breakfast?

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Free will is only possible for finite beings if God exists.

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How so? What I mean is, what is physically different about a Universe where a Creator God exists that allows free will than a naturalistic Universe where no Creator God exists? And if there is no physical difference, how can free will exist in one and not the other?
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