This is should be completely obvious https://t.co/8KTA5blZws
Freedom is the right to do what I want, not the power to do what I by nature ought to.
J.P. Moreland • Love Your God With All Your Mind
Dante has a different, Christian, view. All love is good in Dante’s view as long as it is directed toward an appropriate object in an appropriate way. He counters Virgil’s Stoic view that free will should curb love with the Christian view that free will should direct love. Dante thinks that you should intensify your love and be committed to
... See moreHubert Dreyfus • All Things Shining
Thoughts on God’s Argument for Creating Man with Free Will
In book III of Paradise Lost, God makes his ultimate argument for all the bullshit that happens down below with his newly created world and its forthcoming dance with the devil. God is like, “Well, Son, you see: if I didn’t create them with free will, they would only worship me out of
... See more