• MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    What if that “magic force” is simply consciousness itself? Because that does seem to do pretty strange and inexplicable things if you leave it alone for long enough.

    Also, does this mean true Atheism would require you to give up your self-will? How then can anyone choose to be an Atheist?

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        4 months ago

        Where did you get the idea that those are assertions? Did you miss the question marks or something?

        how would being atheist require you to give up self will?

        That question was based on the previous commenter’s assertion that “atheism is […] the assumption that life is simply the result of natural processes existing without will.”

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          4 months ago

          I think you misunderstood the meaning of the comment you are referencing. natural process without will doesn’t mean self will, it means that everything that’s happened is happening without the will of a deity.