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Arguments for the existence of God (view source)
Revision as of 23:41, September 21, 2007
, 23:41, September 21, 2007→Freewill argument
Oxygen and hydrogen don't 'choose' to combine, they do so due to natural laws. In a naturalistic system every component that makes us up obeys similar natural laws. The concept of freewill or choice would therefore not exist.
Oxygen and hydrogen don't 'choose' to combine, they do so due to natural laws. In a naturalistic system every component that makes us up obeys similar natural laws. The concept of freewill or choice would therefore not exist.
=== Objections ===
Some challenge this argument on the basis that premises one and two have not been proven. They argue:
* Those ascribing to [[compatibilism]] believe that our experience of free will is compatible with the idea that all things are determined by natural causes. Their point of view has yet to be disproven. Therefore it is possible for free will to exist in a naturalistic system;
* Those ascribing to [[determinism]] believe that free will does not exist; Their point of view has yet to be disproven. Therefore it is possible that we do not have free will;
==Consciousness==
==Consciousness==