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To: SeekAndFind

We all experience free will. In a broad sense, we all observe it in ourselves. We are seldom disappointed when we infer free will in others.

The burden of proof is upon those who tell us that free will is an illusion. I see my hands and feet. They can tell me that is an illusion also. They’re selling, but I’m not buying.

The same arguments apply to self-awareness. I take self-awareness as direct evidence that I am a self - something immaterial. Self, mind, soul are related terms, possibly synonyms.

Is anything right or wrong? If you’ve lived a little, you know the answer is yes.

Self, free-will, good and evil, are real yet immaterial. If you believe in one or all (and we all do), then you believe in the supernatural. That does not mean that you have to believe in ghosts, etc.


51 posted on 10/21/2023 10:42:24 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
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To: ChessExpert
If you believe in one or all (and we all do), then you believe in the supernatural. That does not mean that you have to believe in ghosts, etc.

This is fascinating. Off topic but I have a friend who believes in ghosts, Bigfoot, demons, aliens....but not God per se, nor Jesus Christ. Burns sage ‘n such to ward off evil. I don’t get it. I keep working on her hoping to bring her back into the fold nonetheless.

60 posted on 10/21/2023 10:57:49 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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