re: Philosophy: Do you believe in a deterministic or indeterministic universe?

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God can control the picture without taking away our free will. It all depends on how you define, "controlling the picture."

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I suppose, but that goes in to a realm of supernaturalism that I can't really argue my point from, you know what I mean?

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Reality TV stars make their own choices (or determinism does), but the producers can definitely set the general direction of the show by pulling the right strings.

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Then the system is rigged. They only have as much free will as the producers allow. Personally, I find that to be the opposite of free.

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For the record, the free will vs. pre-destination is a fascinating argument among theologians. Philosopers Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo have HUGE disagreements on how to settle it. If you are really interested in learning how those two can go together, there is a talk by a pretty respected theologian/philosophy professor at Boston College I can post that would be worth your time.

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Sure, sounds interesting.