Ok so it's Valentines day and I have just backed a bottle of Pineot Grigio in approximately 30 minutes.
Usually when the drink is flowing, this can lead to discussion in the CC16 household.
It started with some talk of Religion when my housemate stated the majority of it was "organised faith" and some other comments I didn't agree with.
I myself was brought up in a Christian household, but as time went on and I started to see things for myself, stuff I had been told previously was now being questioned.
From a young age I was taught we were all put on this earth with free will, but is it possible to have free will when so many things around us in today's world influence us subconsciously and consciously?
My argument was that everyone has free will. In my eyes free will is the essence of being able make your own choices, be them right or wrong. No one, but yourself can control your body or make you perform actions that you don't want to perform.
Ben's argument (my housemate): no one has free will, and this is because as we grow up, our surroundings, social lifes etc are forever influencing our trains of thought and actions.
At the end of the day, I am a very stubborn person, and I refuse to change my argument. Although at the same time it was nice to hear somebody elses thoughts on the issue.The discussion went on for way too long for me to go into detail about every point, but Ben's argument definately did get my brain ticking.
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