2007-06-23 05:42:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What if you were made not to notice?
2007-06-23 05:46:44 · update #1
You mean would I know why I'm always bucking the system?
If I didn't know that I didn't have freewill, then I would need a therapist because I would be all messed up...I'm always bucking conventional thinking...
2007-06-23 10:48:43 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you're talking about is fatalism, isn't it?... where everything is preordained by an all-knowing, all-powerful deity?
I suspect that it could be a part of the lacking-freedom of will to block your ability to recognize the futility of your own behavior... So, sure thing... you could be completely unaware of being totally under control by some magically powerful mystical force, a lunatic god, (or the one people think is already up there - no difference.)
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2007-06-23 14:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you were raised around. I'm sure the Amazonian native who never has touched the modern world and its religious texts have no concept of it. They just live their life as they live it.
For those of us exposed to various religions that say either you have it or you don't, we use that to set boundaries and determine whether we do or not. Societal structure has a lot to do with it.
2007-06-23 12:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a very strong sense that I have a choice. Older I get, better I feel that. I also feel the importance of this choice.
Free will concept is quite new to me, but after studying Scripture, it is clear that we really have it.
2007-06-23 12:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Without Free Will, humanity is incapable of comprehensive thought. If you don't have familiarity with the choice of your conscience, how can you be aware of what you are missing?
2007-06-23 12:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by Not Your Muse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I guess not. That would certainly explain why the decision always seems to be made for me when I encounter banana split ice cream. :-)
2007-06-23 12:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would know becuae I wouldn't be able to make decisions. Ex: I can serve God or not. I've done both. But I know that I want to serve God:)
2007-06-23 12:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to tell the cops that next time they pull me over for speeding.
"But officer, it's determinism... Officer. Officer, please!"
I knows hows to charms the copses.
2007-06-23 12:48:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can we make the wrong choice if there is no free-will.
How can we neglect or not realize if there is no free-will.
2007-06-23 12:57:31 · answer #9 · answered by sianpu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you wouldn't. But we can lay our choices on the table and pick one. That is how we know that we do.
2007-06-23 12:49:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋