unrulyhuman

Thank you for reading!

Thanks for upvoting! You make some great points. Misery can be an excellent impetus for change. Looks like you write some interesting things. Followed :)

I had a similar experience when I was younger. People told me I "just have to have faith", but it was hard to understand what they even meant by that. How can you have faith in something you

Oh, haha, silly me, I totally overlooked the fact that you once again failed to answer my direct question as to whether you believe that mankind has free will or not. Like I said before, I know people

So you lean toward determinism, then? You believe that our actions are not the result of free choice, but rather the result of our biology, chemistry, and ultimately quantum fluctuations? If that's the

I apologize for making it too complicated for you. You seem to be having trouble catching my meaning, so I feel we are just repeating ourselves. Let me try to approach this in a different way. For God

Then, as a libertarian, do you believe that mankind has free will? Not that he should have free will, but that he actually does have free will? As in the ability to make choices, in action and in thought?

I'm not equivocating. I'm trying to demonstrate that you are using arbitrary and vague language to try to find fault with a God you don't seem to believe exists (which, by the way, is itself an example

Are you referring to the restriction of human action in society? Because that's a different issue (though an important one) from metaphysical free will. I am asking whether you believe that mankind actually

I've noticed that too. Your point being?

Free will is necessary for the existence of free choices. We cannot freely choose the good without the freedom to choose evil. If we did not have the ability to freely choose, it would be meaningless to

I don't believe that all suffering is necessary, and I wouldn't need such a belief in order to believe in God. As I said, the problem of evil has never been much of a sticking point for me. I believe that

Well, I thought the free will argument was the easier to understand, so I didn't spend much time on it, but I suppose I must go into it. Firstly, "enough" free will? A "bit less" free

In other words, anarchism is primarily concerned with the use of force in society. The State is an institution that relies on the initiation of force, and so is seen as illegitimate. Anarchism does not

Anarchism, properly understood, is just the consistent application of common sense moral principles. Most anarchists base their beliefs on the Non-Aggression Principle, which states that no one has the

Absolutely! I'll PM you on your FB link there so you can contact me about it at your leisure. (I haven't quite figured out if there's a PM feature here on Steemit)

Hola, fellow anarchist couple! I looked at your FB link, looks like a cool idea! Hope the launch goes well!

That's a very interesting perspective. The Bible is definitely full of anarchist ideas. I plan to write a future post on that subject, particularly the organizational structure of the Israelites in the

Very interesting take. I've often said that statism=satanism.

Of course, the great thing about the stateless society is that people are free to organize themselves in any way they wish, so long as it doesn't infringe on the person or property of others. Communities