Do humans have a free will?

Mike Lucey

Cornel,

Could you clarify something for me that's been bugging me for a long
time. Okay, I have no argument and accept that you BELIEVE,

1. My Bible is The Word of God, I'm sure about that, because: “For
the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow,
and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

My question is simple! The Bible quote you offer is from (Hebrews 4:12),now
my Biblical knowledge is not great but was Hebrews not written before
the birth of Jesus Christ? From what I can gather the early Bible (first
Testament) is the basis for Judaism and they do not accept the Jesus Christ
was / is God! How can you quote Hebrews to support this? I would genuinely
like to hear your thinking on this in plain English.

Regarding your statement that we are not animals and bare in mind that
there is little difference between us and chimps, gene wise, what exactly
are we in your opinion?

chango70

Humans are genetically, environmentally and socially conditioned animals. There are experienments in the 80s that showed that our unconscious 'acted' before we are consciously aware (by 0.5s through brain imaging) of our effort in decision making. Even David Hume said that our rationality are slave to our passions. The question shouldn't be do we have 'free will' as though so called 'free will' actually exists outside of our complex and dynamic interaction with our current and historical conditions, but rather to what extent can we exercise self-determination given our complex and dynamic interactions with our preconditions.

solo

@unknownuser said:

Re. “animals”, at first, they have no spirit…!

Really and we do?

got proof of that one?, now proof not jibberish from your book now.

cornel

Mike,

Re. your question:
“…was Hebrews not written before the birth of Jesus Christ?"
No. “Hebrews” means an letter of apostle Paul to Hebrews people.
Re. your remark: “…Judaism … do not accept the Jesus Christ”
If they accept or not, “…the word of the Lord remains forever.” (1 Peter 1:25)
Re. “animals", at first, they have no spirit…!

Cornel

chango70

I love it when people quote religious texts to 'prove' religion is true. Bravo! Its worse than having a brain tumor.

david_h

Mike Lucey

Okay Cornel,

As I said my Biblical knowledge is lacking. But I think you
know what I'm trying to ask. I'll try again.

Christianity is based on what we have in the bible or is it
just the second part of the Bible?

If its only the second part of the Bible, why is this so?
Surely it refers to the same God? In other words both Christians
and Jews recognise the same God? Jesus Christ never (from what
I have learned) disputed his born into religion he never said
Judaism is not the 'true' religion so why was Christianity
started by his followers?

Okay, I feel I have to believe in a Creator, much more intelligent
minds than mine have come to this being the only conclusion.

I would like to think that if the Creator has in fact made his
/ her / its message known, it would be in a way that the community
of people in question would understand. So I would suggest that
ALL religions come from the Creator and they ALL are true and
no particular religion should be said to be the one and only
true religion.

Personally, I think the more so called 'primitive' beliefs are
far more in touch with the Creator than the major religions. The
reason being that they more in touch with nature.

As regards animals not having souls / spirits. I can see no
reason why they would not have one if they actually exist in
the first place. Have you a reason for saying this?

cornel

Solo,

Yes, it's really, INDEED and positively (even negatived... practicable)!

Not gibberish,
Cornel

sorgesu

Oy Vey!,

Signed Yeshua of Nazareth.

Alan Fraser

There is no definitive New Testament in terms of being the "Truth" as opposed to erroneous. The N.T. canon is simply those books that Athanasius of Alexandria decided ought to be included (from a much larger selection) in AD 367. This decision was given further weight by virtue of the same limited number of books being repeated by the Pope about 20 years later.

It's simply an anthology; whether you add a few more texts that were edited-out or miss out a few of the ones that are included has no bearing on its veracity.

Mike Lucey

@sorgesu said:

Oy Vey!,

Signed Yeshua of Nazareth.

Susan, I only have an idea at what this means

Cornel, I simply cannot understand what you write. Could you
put your answers in plain English that will be able to understand.

Alan, looks like you went to Sunday School. I 'ducked out' of
a lot of it BUT I was an Alter Boy, would you belive?

Mike

Mike Lucey

Cornel,

I don't think I am going to get anywhere with this debate as I
am unable to understand the terms and way you have of speaking.
This is a pity, but not to worry, I presume we will find out
truth sometime in the future? I'm quite looking forward to it

Do you partake in a drink? If so you might can to have a look
at the 'My Corner Bar' topic? I imagine it will, in time, feature
many of the drinking troughs that members frequent.

Mike Lucey

Susan, I could not resist looking up what it meant, 'Oh My God!'

I also ran a search on Yeshua of Nazareth and low and behold,
wouldn't you know it, he is on Facebook!,
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yeshua_De_Nazareth/781483426
and there is even a Susan listed as one of his friends that
looks a little like you!

JC is on Facebook!.jpg

Mike Lucey

..... and he lives near you. Come on! Spill the beans Susan?

david_h

Why is Philemon part of the Bible? It is just a personal letter From Paul to Philemon about a runaway slave. It has no Moral message or teaching whatsoever. The Song of Solomon is a love poem. . .amd believe me Solomon had a lot to sing about!

Point is, the Bible is the Word of God, Just not the Whole Word. Read the Book Of Mormon.

sorgesu

Mike you are so funny. He lives at the opposite end of the country near me, but sure, whatever you say.
Just to hit you over the head with it "Jesus" was not Jesus's name. That is Romanized. He was Jewish and his name was Jeshua but I wrote it the way it is pronounced. I signed as though I were he, a good Jew to the end.

cornel

Mike,

To simplify the answer for your questions:
“Christianity is based on what we have in the bible or is it
just the second part of the Bible?
Judaism in not the 'true' religion so why was Christianity
started by his followers?”

…I tell you that in New Test. ‘is discovered’ Old Test. and in Old Test. ‘is hidden’ New Test..
They are inseparable!
All denominations, that add or subtract something (not only written text) to/from The Bible, are erroneous!

For this questionable ‘motive’:
“As regards animals not having souls / spirits. I can see no
reason why they would not have one if they actually exist in
the first place. Have you a reason for saying this?”

… my proposal is to start using a dictionary…! Are there animals related w/ “souls/spirits”?!
Is "the soul" equivalent w/ "the spirit"?!!..., because we have tu use the same 'language' in explaining...
Cornel

sorgesu

BTW Mike, to make it abundantly clear about "Oy Vey" in context of the discussion that preceded, :

translated by Random House Unabridged Dictionary as being "used to express dismay, pain, annoyance, grief, etc

Mike Lucey

Yeah, Susan I did see that but, 'Oh My God' is much the same.

No word from Cornel, I wonder is he is taking some pics of
his local pub?

cornel

"word from Cornel", my friends,

To have a free will, you must know which are the ‘components’ of human beings.
For many of you,the soul is identical with the spirit, but (a big but!) they aren’t the same …!?

Behold a few examples, to see that they are different ‘representations’ (notions):

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of souland of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”(Hebrews 4:12)
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and souland body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:23)
"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soulis well pleased. I will put my Spiritupon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.”
(Matthew 12:18)

Just think of them!
Re. the Cross, when Jesus said, “”Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.” (Luke 23:46)
… can you comprehend the sense of the term “spirit”??!

You cannot…, but you declare that animals have spirit, like yours?!!
(Congo70 wrote: "Bravo! Its worse than having a brain tumor.")

Cornel
(P.S.: Mike, practically you were in attendance for a “word from Cornel”, for your amusement, weren’t you? Perhaps your soul and spirit will became more important…!?!)