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To: TigerPaw who wrote (41619)	4/5/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

free will What difference does it make whether or not there actually is free will, as long as one believes and act as though one has free will? G. W.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (41619)	4/5/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<<it will be perfectly described (by the all knowing). There is no free will in this, only events that are beyond our understanding.>> I guess your definition of free will is one where you are in competition with an all powerful God of the universe. I agree with you there is no logic in this. Either God is all powerful or not. If all powerful, then by definition God is able to grant free will and is not effected even a twinkle by your adherence to or disobeyance of divine ordinance and is knowledgeable of outcomes prior to our understanding of them; or you and other aspects of creation through random association, accidents and the determination of your will are powerful enough to move the Universe in a direction that over rules and discounts anything that could be defined as all knowing or all powerful. I accept the former, you accept the latter. Your logic does not disprove the former, is limited, and flawed.