Thread: Is there free will in heaven?
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Old 08-04-2008, 09:43 AM   #119
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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker View Post
You left out a step right here. "... if our brain is the same thing as our sentient mind ... ". That's the step I take issue with.
Unless you are willing to state that a "magical" factor is necessary to produe a human mind, then it is 100% certain that the natural laws of physics determine what we are.

Now, in order to claim that the human mind is a result of "magical" or "supernatural" qualities (which there is no way of avoiding if you want to claim that we are not a result of the same mundane natural laws that produce everything else) one must assume an attitude of supremely self-satisfied, human-centric egotism.
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