Free Will is an Illusion in #Religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe56kHnGak
#FreeWill
#ReligionAndControl
#Atheism
#ReligiousLogic
#DivinePlan
#OmniscienceVsFreeWill
#QuestionBeliefs
#GodAndFreeWill
#Predestination
#Predestination
Is #predestination self-destructing? Does the conviction that everything is #predetermined make us stop trying, thus changing our behavior and changing our #future, thus disproving predestination?
http://talkwards.com/2025/07/05/is-predestination-self-destructing/
#Predestination (2014)
As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
#TimeTripMovies #FilmMastodon
Just watched Predestination (2014) https://trakt.tv/movies/predestination-2014 #Predestination #trakt
Predestination (2014)
Just watched Predestination (2014) https://trakt.tv/movies/predestination-2014 #Predestination #trakt
Book Challenge DAY 7: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#Philosophy #Theodicy #Predestination #FreeWill #NeoPlatonism #Allegory
#TheConsolationOfPhilosophy #Boethius #Richard Green_Translator
#Ostrogoths #KingTheodoricTheGreat
#WesternRomanEmpire #PrisonLiterature #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks
#TwistInMovies #FilmMastodon
#Predestination (2014)
As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
#EthanHawke #SarahSnook #NoahTaylor
From God’s own hand this earthly vessel came,
He shaped it thus, be it for fame or shame;
If it be fair — to God be all the praise,
If it be foul — to God alone the blame.
Omar Khayyám (1048-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer [عمر خیام]
Rubáiyát [رباعیات] [tr. Le Gallienne (1897), # 92]
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/omar-khayyam/74954/
#quote #quotes #quotation #accountability #creation #destiny #fate #God #predestination #responsibility
16 Jan 1604: John Overall Bishop of #Norwich is at the Hampton Court Conference where he questions the idea of double #predestination #otd (NPG) - a position that the Church of #Ireland would adopt in its 1615 Articles
A quotation from Omar Khayyam:
«
When Allah mixed my clay, He knew full well
My future acts, and could each one foretell;
Without His will no act of mine was wrought;
Is it then just to punish me in hell?
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/omar-khayyam/73531/
#quote #quotes #quotation #condemnation #creation #culpability #damnation #hell #predestination #responsibility #sin
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#Calvin studied Bible and pushed #predestination — belief that God’s rewards for humans have already been selected.
The wealthy latched on to that to justify their opulence as part of God’s plan that should not be disturbed by revolutions or high taxes, even though Calvin never accepted capitalism unconditionally.
Religion permeates beyond church walls, impacting both believers and non-believers.
#God is the biggest, worst, and longest running scam invented by #Humanity.
#happybirthday @ethanhawke #ethanhawke #actor #arthurharrow #moonknight #gattaca #beforesunrise #beforesunset #beforemidnight #LeavetheWorldBehind #Wildcat #StrangeWayofLife #sinister #theblackphone #thepurge #deadpoetssociety #thenorthman #predestination #boyhood #themagnificentseven #realitybites #takinglives #glassonion #greatexpectations #tesla
Artifical intelligence is compression.
Compression is prediction.
Prediction destroys free will.
Predestination is meant to be believed as a shield against demotivation arising out of unwanted results, and to boost perseverance in taking the required actions. On the contrary, in our society, most often, it is believed either as the attitude of the fox who labelled grapes on high vines as sour or, even more cowardly, as an easy escape from evaluating our past actions and acknowledging our mistakes.
A List of Authoritative Books, Not an Authoritative List of Books | Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast https://buff.ly/3Bfp1Tl #Bible #Christianity #giving #predestination #apologetics
Taking action changes destiny. It is up to us to decide whether to believe in predestination without action, which will lead to despair, or to take action, which will lead to a favorable future.
Just watched a film with my mom that somehow neither of us had heard of despite its starring Ethan "Greatest Gen X Actor" Hawke. #Predestination (2015) was really good. Very Timecrimes, which is a high compliment in my book. Can't believe it was based on a Heinlein story. It felt much more David Gerrold!
"Is Time Travel Possible in our #Universe?"
One of the better explainers we've seen on #TimeTravel's mainstream #scientific & #philosophical promises & problems, for ordinary #Earthlings (despite a couple #ads). In the first 4 mins we are introduced to 5 classic #Paradoxes: The #Bootstrap, #Restoration, #ExNihilo, #Predestination & #Autoinfanticide, with everyone's famous #Grandfather showing up later. #Krono-recommended!
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