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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by pdonis on Sunday June 13, 2021 @05:30PM (#27496690)
> free will, which is, by any interesting definition, a supernatural entity

How so? I can think of at least one interesting definition by which free will is a perfectly good physical process going on in human brains, not supernatural at all.

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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by orestarod on Sunday June 13, 2021 @06:37PM (#27497224)
Free will implies non determinism, that is the important part.
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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by pdonis on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:31AM (#27499317)
> Free will implies non determinism

Depends on which definition of free will you are using. Some definitions are compatible with determinism.

Also, even if we go with a non-deterministic definition of free will, "non-deterministic" is not the same as "supernatural". Quantum mechanics is not deterministic.

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