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The [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Taoism|Taoist]] doctrine of Impermanence holds that nothing in existence is eternal and that all that is, has ever been, and ever will be is subject to the invincible and inevitable process of the wheel of successive change without beginning or end, as the essential nature of being itself. | The [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Taoism|Taoist]] doctrine of Impermanence holds that nothing in existence is eternal and that all that is, has ever been, and ever will be is subject to the invincible and inevitable process of the wheel of successive change without beginning or end, as the essential nature of being itself. | ||
| + | == Atheism, determinism and freewill == | ||
| + | [[File:Freethinkers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] is a staff member of [[Creation Ministries International]]. ]] | ||
| + | In the [[Western World]], most [[atheism|atheists]] hold to the philosophy of [[philosophical naturalism]] (see: [[Atheist worldview]]). | ||
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| + | If [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]] is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for [[reason]] for the human [[brain]] would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces. | ||
| + | <ref> | ||
| + | *[http://creationevolutiondesign.blogspot.com/2006/09/cs-lewis-argument-from-reason.html C.S. Lewis' argument from reason] | ||
| + | *[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2013/11/cs_lewis_and_th079541.html C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason] by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013 | ||
| + | *[http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-6-number-6/cs-lewis-and-materialism C.S. Lewis and Materialism] by John G. West | ||
| + | *[http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=8669 C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning] | ||
| + | *[http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2012/04/cs-lewis-on-rationality-and-materialism.html C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism ] | ||
| + | *[http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2008/08/naturalisms-hot.html Naturalism's Hot Water] | ||
| + | </ref> Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating. | ||
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Determinism is the doctrine that events are determined by natural causes.
- Determinism is the philosophical doctrine that every event in the universe is the inevitable consequence of a preceding cause. [1]
Incompatibilism views it as being in conflict with the doctrine of free will, while Compatibilism sees no conflict between the two.
The Buddhist and Taoist doctrine of Impermanence holds that nothing in existence is eternal and that all that is, has ever been, and ever will be is subject to the invincible and inevitable process of the wheel of successive change without beginning or end, as the essential nature of being itself.
Atheism, determinism and freewill
In the Western World, most atheists hold to the philosophy of philosophical naturalism (see: Atheist worldview).
If naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason for the human brain would be a byproduct of blind/unintelligent natural forces. [1] Therefore, believing in naturalism is self-defeating.
See also
- ↑
- C.S. Lewis' argument from reason
- C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason by Jay W. Richards, November 25, 2013
- C.S. Lewis and Materialism by John G. West
- C.S. Lewis On The Validity of Reasoning
- C.S. Lewis on Rationality and Materialism
- Naturalism's Hot Water