----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Atheism Re: CD's
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 02:01:12PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Do you also belive that you have no control over your actions at all, > > its just whatever the initial conditions and quantum fluctuations > > dictate? > > That is an ambiguous question. What does it mean to have control over > one's actions? What constitutes one? Its the standard free will question. Its been well stated for hundreds of years. I think, below, the answer is no. While human activity is more complex than many physical activities, its no more accurate to say that a human chooses to do something than it is to say that a star chooses a particular moment to go supernova. Is that a fair assessment? Dan M.
