You all make this so complicated. Should I take a blue or a red shirt out
of my shirt drawer? (in truth, I usually grab whatever is on top) I take
blue. It could be a rational decision based on today's plans. God could
have made blue more attractive. God could have put the idea in my head
without me detecting it. My brain could be hard-wired to prefer blue. I
could have had a bad childhood experience while wearing a red shirt. An
electron could have jumped a barrier in my brain, flipping my brain to
"blue." There is no way for me to tell which "reason" is correct.
I decide to let God decide by flipping a coin. I decide not to decide by
flipping a coin. God could have put the idea in my head without me
detecting God. God could determine the result of the coin flip. There is
no experiment which will detect any of these things.
On the other hand, determinism in one form or another is mostly an excuse
for people to avoid admitting their mistakes.
billwald@juno.com
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