From the scientific point of view, at least, everything has a cause and effect. Why did anything happen? Because something else made it happen. A gun goes off, because I pulled the trigger, because my finger squeezed the trigger, because my brain sent an impulse, because my eye saw the guy who killed my mom, etc. Everything has a cause. All the way back.
I got into it with a counselor buddy, who said "life without free will would not be worth living" BUT he said that because of how he felt, which was based on how he was raised, which was due to how his parents were raised, etc.
Even his clients, who he says learn to make different choices, do so BECAUSE he taught them that they have options, and how to make better choices.
2006-06-14
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