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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (2953)	10/30/2000 12:48:31 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

In the case of humans our thoughts have some bearing on the future possibilities but are not the final word, nor even the most important determination. Wow. What a different perspective you and I have on the degrees of freedom afforded us. I think that the will is the single greatest determining factor of my reality. If I wanted to change my life right now, I could do it. Merely by will. Surely, there are limits on what I can do immediately, but if I put in place levers and seeds (both metaphors possessing some amplification), I can fundamentally change my life in 5 years. I could quit my job and apply to graduate school tomorrow and get a Ph. D. in meteorology (one of my untaken realities of 15 years ago). I can more reasonably afford to do this now and I still have the aptitude. These and two other factors: will and time bring the reality into view. I don't have the will or the 5 year "curing time" at this instant, but a command decision on my part could cause this to happen. I warn people that what you think about comes to pass. There is almost a metaphysical connection between my reading about cars in the classifieds and my getting one. The first act precedes the physical reality of the second in more than a mechanistic way, IMO. If I don't want to buy a car, I don't read the car classifieds.