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['Member']Joined: May 14, 2025 at 10:54Last active: October 23, 2025 at 15:422 discussions12 comments

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In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
I would be glad if you could direct any other critiques towards the post, and not independent of it. That would be really helpful for me...... Thanks!
June 16, 2025 at 17:27
In: A Post On Dostoevsky's Portrayal Of A World Without Divinity In Crime And Punishment (Opening)  — view comment
Thanks a lot for the critique of my introductory paragraph. I feel that I did in fact misrepresent the essay quite a bit in the introduction, as I did...
June 16, 2025 at 17:23
In: A Post On Dostoevsky's Portrayal Of A World Without Divinity In Crime And Punishment (Opening)  — view comment
Yeah, that is a real puzzle. Dostoevsky & Nietzsche did think that the transition of society from a theist worldview to secularism would destroy this ...
June 15, 2025 at 13:49
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
Hmm, I mention a counter to this response in my article.
June 14, 2025 at 11:22
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
that is per the defining characteristic of the premise: having trust in our rationality.
June 14, 2025 at 11:06
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
Again, I think you are fundamentally disagreeing with the premise.
June 14, 2025 at 11:04
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
Oh okay. I mean, you have a fundamental disagreement with the premise of the article. I did not author that premise, and it is what I am using to refu...
June 14, 2025 at 11:00
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
Oh, the above-quoted message is what I am trying to refute.
June 14, 2025 at 10:59
In: Is there an objective quality?  — view comment
A pretty common description of this would inter-subjectivity.
June 09, 2025 at 15:54
In: Is there an objective quality?  — view comment
Objectivity implies (by def.) that it is independent of human conscience. Can a book, or art, be judged independent of the mind's involvement? Probabl...
June 09, 2025 at 15:51
In: Demonstrating Intelligent Design from the Principle of Sufficient Reason  — view comment
Interesting take! First is the obvious problem: natural laws falling into external contingency. The laws are, as you point out, fundamental. They exis...
May 27, 2025 at 05:12
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
This premise is derived from John Lennox's use of theistic evolution as an appeal that we should be able to trust our rationality. The simple statemen...
May 15, 2025 at 02:57
In: Infinite Punishment for Finite Sins  — view comment
Let's start from here. "It is good because God loves it," points out that good is derived from God. There is an equivalence proposed by Alston..... "W...
May 14, 2025 at 16:40
In: Does the Principle of Sufficient Reason imply Determinism?  — view comment
I would disagree with the rigidity of this notion. Suppose this pen which I am holding has a sufficient reason for why I am spinning it. Furthermore, ...
May 14, 2025 at 14:14
In: An Open Discussion: "Do we really have free-will if evolution is divinely guided?"  — view comment
I try to tackle on the impossibility of irrationality that the teleological argument proposes, specifically when it is used as an appeal that we shoul...
May 14, 2025 at 11:36
In: Our choices are never free from determinants, constraints and consequences  — view comment
Some theists might push it onto God. But I do still believe that if you think divinely guided evolution because of which we are rational beings is rig...
May 14, 2025 at 11:29
In: Why ought one do that which is good?  — view comment
The theist here would argue: because it is an action warranted by God. At the least, the word 'ought' or 'should' suggests a verdict, and thus mandate...
May 14, 2025 at 11:20
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