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@PGA2.0
Sure, children do all of these things.Does not the little child make a picture for their parents because it is thinking of them and wants to please them?
BUT DO THEY "CHOOSE" WHO THEY LOVE?
Sure, children do all of these things.Does not the little child make a picture for their parents because it is thinking of them and wants to please them?
But no specific punishments for specific crimes?The specific crimes revolve around the Ten Commandments and our interactions with humanity and with God.
Isn't there some sort of "feeling" that you experience at some point BEFORE you actually "choose" to "sacrifice yourself" that may lead you to make that "choice"?Maybe. Remorse, guilt, or love, the feeling or conviction that the other person deserves your best.(IFF) your actions are based on your feelings-and-desires (AND) you don't "choose" your feelings-and-desires (THEN) you don't "choose" your actions (you are a feelings-and-desires puppet).
Does not the little child make a picture for their parents because it is thinking of them and wants to please them?Sure, children do all of these things.BUT DO THEY "CHOOSE" WHO THEY LOVE?
And what evidence do you have of this happening?The native tribes within the land (the New World) were judged by Thog to be unholy and sinful and a bad influence on the European immigrants.
But no specific punishments for specific crimes?The specific crimes revolve around the Ten Commandments and our interactions with humanity and with God.I got that part.You failed to mention the specific (modern-day, earthly) punishments for each one.
You failed to mention the specific (modern-day, earthly) punishments for each one.No, I gave examples yet I did not list the punishment of every nation for such crimes.
And what evidence do you have of this happening?
Because every adult "choice" is based on a previous childish "choice" which is traceable to (EITHER) feelings (OR) desires.Why can't actions be based on both conditioned responses such as some feelings and desires that create pleasure [AND PAIN] as well as [*]choices[*] that lead to conditioned responses?
You failed to mention the specific (modern-day, earthly) punishments for each one.No, I gave examples yet I did not list the punishment of every nation for such crimes.You waffled between "follow the law of the land" and "an eye for an eye" and "separation from god".
You waffled between "follow the law of the land" and "an eye for an eye" and "separation from god".I explained some of the similarities and differences between the Ten Commandments and the man-made laws of the land.
Can you name a nation that does not have a law against murder?
You waffled between "follow the law of the land" and "an eye for an eye" and "separation from god".I explained some of the similarities and differences between the Ten Commandments and the man-made laws of the land.But you neglected to specify an "objective" punishment.
Can you name a nation that does not have a law against murder?Murder has been defined zillions of different ways throughout history.Revenge killing was often not considered "murder".
Duels to the death were (until relatively recently) not considered "murder".
And even today, poisoning thousands of people to death is generally not considered "murder".
The native tribes within the land (the New World) were judged by Thog to be unholy and sinful and a bad influence on the European immigrants.And what evidence do you have of this happening?
And even today, poisoning thousands of people to death is generally not considered "murder".Where is this the case, other than some dictator doing it and where the International Criminal Court condemns the dictator's actions as wrong?
Why can't actions be based on both conditioned responses such as some feelings and desires that create pleasure [AND PAIN] as well as [*]choices[*] that lead to conditioned responses?Because every adult "choice" is based on a previous childish "choice" which is traceable to (EITHER) feelings (OR) desires.
Every "choice" you make runs just like a perfectly logical computer program that god wrote when you were created with all of your FEELINGS and DESIRES at the beginning of time.
You can only make a "free" "choice" if you remove all of your FEELINGS and DESIRES.
History is replete with examples of where one people conquer another and when that happens the laws of the land change.
God or chance happenstance. That is our dividing line.
I'm not arguing for freedom of the will,
I'm arguing that even though our wills are in bondage to sin,
...in bondage to doing things that God has said is wrong, we CHOOSE to do them anyway.
Because every adult "choice" is based on a previous childish "choice" which is traceable to (EITHER) feelings (OR) desires.So are you saying an adult can't choose something for themselves that is not based on a childhood choice? I think this is a hasty generalization, thus pure fallacy.
And even today, poisoning thousands of people to death is generally not considered "murder".Where is this the case, other than some dictator doing it and where the International Criminal Court condemns the dictator's actions as wrong?Try this, [LINK]
History is replete with examples of where one people conquer another and when that happens the laws of the land change.Exactly.How do you declare this is unjust in some cases, but 100% justified in other cases? For example, [LINK]
God or chance happenstance. That is our dividing line.Does god have free-will?
I'm not arguing for freedom of the will,Ok, so no-free-will. Case closed.
I'm arguing that even though our wills are in bondage to sin,Bondaged-will, I agree....in bondage to doing things that God has said is wrong, we CHOOSE to do them anyway.We "choose" to be shackled? Do all prisoners "choose" to be shackled, or is this some sort of "special case"?
Because every adult "choice" is based on a previous childish "choice" which is traceable to (EITHER) feelings (OR) desires.So are you saying an adult can't choose something for themselves that is not based on a childhood choice? I think this is a hasty generalization, thus pure fallacy.(1) Do the "choices" you make as a child, affect the "choices" you make as an adult? (Y/N)
(2) Do the "choices" of care-takers affect the "choices" of their children? (Y/N)
Belief is not a "choice" any more than love is a "choice"....it is you who choose not to believe God
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Primary Mammalian Instinct.But the outrage would show that you and others believe these things are most definitely wrong. Based on what - your relative ideas?
...it is you who choose not to believe GodBelief is not a "choice" any more than love is a "choice".
YOu CAN "choose" to follow someone or "choose" to DO or not do some particular thing.You can't simply "choose" to believe or disbelieve in anything.
I can't stop believing in air.I can't stop believing in water.
I can't "choose" to believe in Santa Claus.
I can't "choose" to believe in unicorns.
Belief is simply NOT a "choice".