@ElHerejeIlustra@AtheistPhoenix Appreciate the condescension. If smugness were an argument, you’d have crushed it. But sadly for you, mockery is not a substitute for metaphysics. Be blessed, brother.
@ElHerejeIlustra@AtheistPhoenix You’re reacting to a claim I didn’t make. I’m not inserting a divide, I’m testing the claim that there isn’t one.
Pointing out the consequences of that view isn’t dishonest, it’s debate. If you can’t explain how free will fits into a purely physical system, that’s not on me.
@qt_siouxsie @prdx2222 @DeeWaynee94 If choosing not to insult what I believe is ‘control,’ then by that logic, every moral conviction is oppression. That’s not free thinking, that’s just moral laziness.
@qt_siouxsie @prdx2222 @DeeWaynee94 Actually, you missed the context of my question - the real goal post was about how religion controls me. Your response was that it controls me by making me not want to violate my morals. Christianity shapes my values, not my chains. You confuse conviction with control.
@qt_siouxsie @prdx2222 @DeeWaynee94 You keep mistaking reverence for repression. I question everything, that’s how I got to truth. Questioning leads to truth. Mocking leads to pride. One frees you and the other flatters you.
@smashbaals I pray that you open your Bible and read it, brother. Over and over in the Bible the Jews fall away from God, do terrible things and then come back to Him. There current state of affairs is no different. Romans 11 outlines Gods promise to them even in their blindness.
@qt_siouxsie @prdx2222 @DeeWaynee94 Context is always important. But if the ‘oppressive system’ is making me not want to violate my morals… lol okay, guess I’ve been totally mind controlled into not being a degenerate. You win 😂
@qt_siouxsie @prdx2222 @DeeWaynee94 How exactly am I being controlled? Yes, I won’t blaspheme God or deny the resurrection bc I believe they’re true. So what? You won’t betray your conscience or violate your values either. Does that mean you’re being controlled?