Philip Benjamin <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:35 PM PhysicalSciences PhysicalSciences Subject: PhysOrg [News]: Belief in free will predicts criminal punishment support
[Philip Benjamin] This seems to be a flawed "academedia" type paper (defined below). Free will is not a universally held belief. It is practically confined to the Christian population [mostly Arminianism named after Prof. James Arminius (1560-1609), Theologian and leader of the opposition of Calvinism in Amsterdam and Leiden] http://www.adherents.com/images/rel_pie.gif [http://www.adherents.com/images/rel_pie.gif] According to Pew "research the religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths. Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than any other major religion. If current trends continue, by 2050 …" 2015 Statistics in billions: http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/ Christians: 2.17. Muslims: 1.69. Hindus: 1.03 . Buddhists: 0.49. Jews: 0.01 Unaffiliated: 1.13. Folk religions: o.4. Others: 0.06. The question of free will is primarily a Christin theological issue. Practically, there is no place for "free will" in other religions including atheism (an irrational belief system), where nothing happens unless it is predetermined by a deity or fate/kismet. Belief in free will is essentially limited to the Christian population. So, "belief in free will predicts criminal punishment support" seems to be contrary to the fact that Christian populations are increasingly becoming "criminal friendly". Death penalty is practically banned in most predominantly Christian countries. "Criminal illegal immigrants" have sanctuary cities almost everywhere in the USA which is supposed to be predominantly "Christian". "Abortions" and homosexuality used to be criminal acts, but no more for most of the mainline Christian populations who are very strong on "free will" and "human rights". (The conservative Calvinist and Lutheran contentions for "bound will" refer only to the issues related to "Rebirth" or "Regeneration" through the Word only and by the Spirit only, but not to the routines of living). Evidentialist Philip Benjamin, DLT (Dark/Light Twins) Note: Academedia (acade-media): The monstrous double headed hybrid of a small minority of all academics including seminarians and a large majority of all media including the Hollywood, with no-question-asked Marxist-like authoritarianism as their modus operandi. Based on the works of Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Ben Stein, Victor Mordecai, ex-Marxist David Horwitz Upon decoupling, the unenergized (unregenerated), non-entropic bio dark-matter bodies co-created at the moment of conception will be lost in their abodes of the dark-matter realms (black holes), by their own willful choice. Adapted from "Ten Implications of Bio Dark-Matter Chemistry" and "Spiritual Body or Physical Spirit" by Philip Benjamin PhD MSc MA ________________________________________________ Nathan D. Martin, Davide Rigoni, and Kathleen D. Vohs . June 26, 2017 Journal PNAS (2017) https://phys.org/news/2017-06-belief-free-criminal-unethical-actions.html. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702119114<http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702119114> Belief in free will predicts criminal punishment support, disapproval of unethical actions .....they used data from the World Values Survey to analyze more than 65,000 residents in 46 countries. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
