Free Will, Science, and Religion

Our actions are either causal or acausal. George attributes things to the universe as a way of saying that they are caused. If an event was uncaused, it would not be caused by anything that exists. We then move onto a talk about the meaning of randomness and the confusion created by multiple definit....

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This episode is a response to emails Chandler received during the week and forwarded to the group of cohosts. Chandler, Mitch J, David Joseph, Felicia Hogan and George Ortega try to give their best answers to this question related to suicide and free will belief....

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Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the lack of ability to control eating as one powerful example of why they don't have a free will. We would like to hear overweight free will believers explain to us why their free will which they claim they have is not any help in their weight loss goals..

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Since what we do is not up to us, George Ortega and Chandler Klebs explore the idea of what is really going on in the universe and why they believe everything is caused instead of random as some people believe....

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George Ortega explains that the understanding that we don't have a free will raises a question. If we are not responsible for what we do, who is? This may be a very important question. Mitch J replies with a simple explanation that no one is responsible for anything....

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When Jamie expresses his opinions on certain emotional topics, people misunderstand him and falsely accuse him of defending crime. This comes from misunderstanding of what he is actually saying. However the larger point is that he cannot blame them for their reactions to him anymore than they could ....

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Chandler is not satisfied with the term atheist because it describes a lack of belief but doesn't explain what he is really about. He and George talk about the pros and cons of using both positive and negative words to describe what we are for, what we are against, and the reasons behind them....

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Chandler and George try to continue the conversation they were having in episode 87 about the intelligence and consciousness of the universe. We define what we think consciousness and intelligence actually are....

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Chandler Klebs, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, and Jamie Soden talk about a variety of topics. Humans are killing humans and other animals in a variety of ways. Generally the cohosts want to eliminate the causes of these behaviors and find solutions rather than giving the death penalty to criminals..

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George Ortega is pantheist and believes the universe has some kind of consciousness and intelligence. Chandler Klebs and Michael Laster consider his arguments and come to the conclusion that it's possible for someone to believe this while still identifying as atheist because they do not believe in t....

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