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THE PARTY LINE By Dennis D. Gagnon In a later chapter of the book, a character referred to as “Sage” makes the comment when discussing human suffering that “most consciousnesses are practically filled to the brim with nothingnesses.” What does this mean, and how does it bear upon human suffering? Though I won’t go into the full details here, in the book Sage is making the point that most if not all of our objects of desire don’t really exist…..
THE PARTY LINE By Dennis D. Gagnon From the book: “Maybe God is not the sort of thing you find at the end of an argument.” This is a thought by the narrator occasioned by a deep discussion about arguments for and against God’s existence with a young female acquaintance while walking on the beach. The two just finished discussing God’s existence and free will, when the narrator has this thought. In particular, the acquaintance and the narrator have just…..
THE PARTY LINE By Dennis D. Gagnon How Do We Demonstrate That We Have Free Will? There will probably never be an adequate argument demonstrating that we exercise free will. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have free will. The best we can hope for in terms of argumentation is the demonstration that every argument against free will is also inadequate. Actually the only way to demonstrate our free will is to exercise it! Read more by purchasing The…..
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