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If you believe that a God exists (I don't) and that God interferes in human events, then you don't have a choice...
brooklynite
Apr 9
#17
"Free Will" seems to mean that you CAN disobey God, not that you won't suffer for doing so.
brooklynite
Apr 9
#20
It insinuates that one has a choice. Different from predestination. Different belief system.
shrike3
Apr 9
#23
That's funny, because more than one atheist has told me that unlike believers they have free will.
shrike3
Apr 9
#55
Ron Reagan Junior makes TV ads for a group that wants separation of church & state. His tag line is...
Hekate
Apr 9
#58
My father was "I don't have time to think about it" and mother went to Episcopal church for the social experience
erronis
Apr 9
#49
Depends on your definitions, But if you don't believe in sky gods, you don't.
lindysalsagal
Apr 9
#22
We're gonna have to choose: it's either us and the planet, or this invisible sky god stuff.
lindysalsagal
Apr 9
#16
As an atheist myself, I can honestly say that some of the best people I have known are religious,
elocs
Apr 9
#25