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Old 03-24-2007, 10:27 AM
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Do Atheists believe in free-will?
Why or why not?
I think there is a limited form of free will. Oh i dont beleive in pre-destination clearly because that would imply a deity that interests with the universe.

I think though that the choices we make are limted by external factors and events and what we are capable of doing or not doing.
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Free-will is anything up to the limits of our Mental and Physical abilities. Free-will stops when we reach those limits.
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Originally Posted by SPLogan
Do Atheists believe in free-will?
Why or why not?


Honestly, I'm a postmodernist and an atheist, so I can't speak for every atheist, nor can I outline my entire belief system in a religious forum. I believe the human consciousness is no more than a construct. I cannot believe that humanity is capable of free will because we are bound to physical laws. Oh sure, we want to think we're more than our brain functioning, but in truth, if any part of your brain was rewired, you'd be a different person. You're only here as long as your brain is.
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I believe in Combatibilistic Free-Will. Our minds do not make uncaused decisions, yet as long as we are not under the control of another's will, we are Free. In other words, as long as our minds are chosing a particular action and not an outside force, we have Free- Will. If that was vague, I will clarify.
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Do Atheists believe in free-will?
Not if they are intellectually consistent.
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Not if they are intellectually consistent.
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Atheists are under no obligation to believe one way or the other or to even consider the issue. Questions that start with "Do atheists believe in..." and don't end with "...God/s?" have no objective answer.

I personally think of free-will as a emotional consequence of our evolutionary development. Our complex biochemical processes that provide us with pattern detecting capabilities also instill in us the feeling that we acted according to our 'will' instead of, as I currently see it, according to our programming both genetic and environmental.
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