What would you suggest to me about my worldview that I want to change. I basically have been duped into taking a strict materialist or neurobiological view of the world. This emerged from some of my reading. Here is what I mean: Some kept saying that we are what our neurons are. We are what our brainwaves are. That’s all we are. Now I see that this is nonsense because it has the hidden assumption that we are all robots. OK, it’s your turn. How would you respond to this, given your studies of forgiveness?
If we are nothing but robots wired to respond without our thinking, without our desires, then we never can truly forgive. Forgiveness assumes that people can choose to act unjustly. We assume that injustice is bad because the person had a choice to behave differently, more fairly. We assume that each person has free will, and this can and should be applied in such a way as to better other people and to better ourselves. What do you think?
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