Thank you so much for writing! The article was very nuanced with its conditional treatment of the free will vs. determinism debate. What's very interesting is that I am currrently debating the free will-determinism problem with my friends! In fact, I may share this article with them, if that should be alright with you (I will wait for a response). Keep up the good work and learned philosophical writings! Can't wait to read the next one! --Calhoun25 (P.S. I really liked the comparison to Calvinism; I never thought of that before)
I'm not sure if George jr is in this system? I'll ask him. He DID do many changes though! They respect him. Well, he knows the way in the system. For his age... 64 and being so long in prisons. On the 31st of July he had his parole board. I hope he had this woman he met, as an interviewer. She was impressed by his achievements, she said!
George tells me that he opposes them anytime. They know him by now! ;-) He has some reputation, haha...
People thought he was a black. For he always kept fighting for his rights!! As I told you already, he is an activist. Activists stay in touch with each other.
Still I wish you enough energy to come up for YOUR rights, Kelly.
I fail to see why marriage rights are not equal for all in our modern societies. But I guess when you consider issues like segregation & apartheid were only abolished fairly recently, (& I don't believe either your country OR mine have racism under control to this day).
I guess change for the better just takes time as governments & laws catch up with societal attitudes. High fives to your government! You've set a precedent for Australia; we're still catching up down here. New Zealand legalized gay marriage earlier this year, as did France and I do believe we will follow suit very soon.
One of my favorite (tongue in cheek) arguments for equal marriage rights for all is that 'all people have the right to experience the misery of marriage'. haha (Perhaps I find this funny as I've never been married myself)
I have struggled to understand why the Catholic Church still has such a strong hold over our governmental decisions, but even the recent comments from Pope Francis
"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"
this suggests to me that it may be time for those ancient walls of exclusion to come tumbling down. In many ways, we live in exciting times.
...But as a side note, it appears on his comments you will still be judged for not searching for the Lord. :D
Take care Jeremy. It always makes my day when I find your comments here, I love hearing from you & will send you something this week (I promise) :)
RSS
--Calhoun25
(P.S. I really liked the comparison to Calvinism; I never thought of that before)
I'm not sure if George jr is in this system? I'll ask him. He DID do many changes though! They respect him. Well, he knows the way in the system. For his age... 64 and being so long in prisons.
On the 31st of July he had his parole board. I hope he had this woman he met, as an interviewer. She was impressed by his achievements, she said!
George tells me that he opposes them anytime. They know him by now! ;-)
He has some reputation, haha...
People thought he was a black. For he always kept fighting for his rights!! As I told you already, he is an activist.
Activists stay in touch with each other.
Still I wish you enough energy to come up for YOUR rights, Kelly.
Stay strong friend, and a big hug from Rita
I guess change for the better just takes time as governments & laws catch up with societal attitudes. High fives to your government! You've set a precedent for Australia; we're still catching up down here. New Zealand legalized gay marriage earlier this year, as did France and I do believe we will follow suit very soon.
One of my favorite (tongue in cheek) arguments for equal marriage rights for all is that 'all people have the right to experience the misery of marriage'. haha (Perhaps I find this funny as I've never been married myself)
I have struggled to understand why the Catholic Church still has such a strong hold over our governmental decisions, but even the recent comments from Pope Francis
"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"
this suggests to me that it may be time for those ancient walls of exclusion to come tumbling down. In many ways, we live in exciting times.
...But as a side note, it appears on his comments you will still be judged for not searching for the Lord. :D
Take care Jeremy. It always makes my day when I find your comments here, I love hearing from you & will send you something this week (I promise) :)