Post by Richard on Jul 20, 2020 7:31:12 GMT -5
Dave writes: "Again – Biblical Free Will has everything to do with MAN – choosing between Seeking God with all his heart, mind, and soul
(Wiki) #1 Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded.
No one forces you to choice – each choice is your own – on your own
(Wii) #2 Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen
Moral responsibility – guilt or praise
Seek God with all your heart, Mind, and soul – or not
Any choice other than seeking God – ‘misses’ – and is in the direction of dysfunction
Your saying angels and archons do not choose GOD because they have no free will to choose God. Why would God create mere robots?
I’m saying angels praise – and do whatever else they do
I’m saying archon do whatever they do – test and tempt and whatever else they do
Man is special – The Rabbis say, man = the creature that chooses
Intelligence to choose, make changes from gathered input, reason, are all signs of a brain operating in creatures. (YES) Now you add to this, only man can "choose his Saviour", and this is termed "Free will". So if man doesn't choose GOD, than this is also using free will? correct? and we would term this a "sin"?
Intelligence to choose, make changes from gathered input, reason, are all signs – YES! Rom 1:20 Psa 19:1
Take two men out into the wilderness alone
Carnal/ animal man works hard all his days until he dies – VAIN
One carnal / animal man comes to recognize God in creation – Abraham
One carnal / animal man comes into communion / communication / Born Again – Abraham
Now spiritual man Abraham has a “Moral Responsibility” to share his revelation with all the other carnal / animal men so they also can become spiritual men – in communion – born again
This is our mission - to remember and share / teach other souljourners - help them to also remember
So your saying animals apart from man, cannot sin or do ra because they have no free will?
Animals are (Mind/Body) – driven by instinct – not a moral code of ethics
Ants just do what they do
Free Will is God’s Gift to man – choose God – or not
Man is the creature that chooses
Why are humans so curious?
By Grant Currin - Live Science Contributor 9 hours ago
www.livescience.com/why-are-humans-curious.html
Curiosity is a hallmark of the human experience. But why?
Play can help children pursue and express their creativity.
Play can help children pursue and express their creativity.
The human craving to know and understand is the driving force behind our development as individuals and even our success as a species. But curiosity can also be dangerous, leading to stumbles or even downfalls, so why does this impulse so often compel us throughout life?
Put another way, why are humans so curious? And given curiosity's complexity, do scientists even have a definition for this innate drive?
Curiosity is so ingrained, it helps us learn as babies and survive as adults. As for the definition, there isn't one set in stone. Researchers across many disciplines are interested in curiosity, so it's no surprise there isn't a widely accepted definition of the term. William James, one of the first modern psychologists, called it "the impulse towards better cognition."
Curiosity is so ingrained (instinctive) "the impulse towards better cognition."
While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, "the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering," Katherine Twomey, a lecturer in language and communicative development at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, told Live Science.
Psychologists also agree that curiosity isn't about satisfying an immediate need, like hunger or thirst; rather, it's intrinsically motivated.
it's intrinsically motivated "the impulse towards better cognition."
Making our way in the world
Curiosity encompasses such a large set of behaviors, there probably isn’t any single "curiosity gene" that makes humans wonder about the world and explore their environment. That said, curiosity does have a genetic component. Genes and the environment interact in many complex ways to shape individuals and guide their behavior, including their curiosity.
Regardless of their genetic makeup, infants have to learn an incredible amount of information in a short window of time, and curiosity is one of the tools humans have found to accomplish that gargantuan task.
"If infants weren't curious, they'd never learn anything and development wouldn't happen, Twomey said.
Making the world work for us
Another kind of curiosity is distinctively human. Psychologists call it epistemic curiosity, and it's about seeking knowledge and eliminating uncertainty. Epistemic curiosity emerges later in life and might require complex language, Twomey said.
"Curiosity probably led to the vast majority of human populations going extinct," Fuentes said.
For instance, the Inuit of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska, and the Sámi people of Europe’s northern reaches have "created incredible modes to deal with the challenges" of living in northern climates, but "what we forget about are the probably tens of thousands of populations that tried and failed to make it" in those challenging landscapes, he said.
Ultimately, curiosity is about survival. Not all curious humans lived to pass their penchant for exploration on to their descendants, but those who did helped create a species that can't help but think, "Huh, I wonder what would happen if ..."
Originally published on Live Science.
Ultimately, curiosity is about survival it's intrinsically motivated "the impulse towards better cognition" and it's about seeking knowledge and eliminating uncertainty
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All animals have material curiosity. They asks themselves, ‘What is it?’ ‘Is it eatable?’ ‘ Is it dangerous’
Only man has the intrinsic need to ask, ‘Where did we come from?’ ‘Why am I here?’ and ‘Where are we going?’
"Curiosity probably led to the vast majority of human populations going extinct”
Free will gifts man with the ability to be lost just as the Prodigal Son
Ultimately, curiosity is about seeking God. Not all curious humans lived to pass their penchant for God on to their children, but those who do help create the next generation of Christians