Friday, February 02, 2007

Catholic Free Will

Catholic teachings say that true freedom is not choosing our way, but yielding to God’s way. In other words, free will is not choosing our way, but yielding to divinity via papal authority. Catholics may have the free will to choose leaders, but not parents. Indeed, Catholics with free will have yet to figure what got them to be Catholics to begin with. Of course, Catholics believe in free will. They have to. They have no choice.
With free will to choose, however, try getting any younger, or try not getting any older. Golly, we never even had the free will to choose to arrive into this world born not naked, how may we have the free will to choose to leave this world one day naked as well? We were cast into this world by accident of time and place; and we shall leave this world one day against our will. Free will is bunk.
Is free will truly God’s greatest gift to men? Take a good look at those morons gifted with a free will, and created in the image and likeness of God. Those morons who successfully got Jesus, the Son of God, crucified on the cross! And to think that this is the same Jesus, while crucified on the cross, cried out” “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Poch Suzara

1 comment:

erebusnyx said...

Free will (contra causal free will) is a dream. What we call freedom of choice is contingent upon our brain. Needless to say the brain is a mass of neurons, chemicals, electrical impulses. That orchestra of cells, biochemistry and electricity is what we perceive as thoughts, consciousness, and free will.

If we had free will--not caused by anything physical--then destroying the brain--in part or in whole--should not at all affect our capacity/ability to choose/decide. We would decide/choose the same way Just check those afflicted with brain disease or who've had parts of their cortex/neocortex excised or those who've taken psychotropic drugs or those whose brains are being artificially electrically stimulated to see whether this is true.