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Old 03-29-2007, 08:03 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I agree with Glass Joe. We can never answer this question. We would have to step out of our minds to see that and that will never happen.
From a Personal Effectiveness point of view I find that the belief that I have limited free will has helped me extremely in my personal development. The notion that I have maybe 5% "will power" the rest is just external forces or my unconscious mind. I have free will maybe several times a day, I can make a veto. I can for example notice some habit and decide to stop it. But this happens very rarely when you think about it.

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Any supernatural force that would predetermine our fates would not force someone to be a criminal.
What!? That's absurd, why do you think that? What about Satan (assuming she exists).
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