Free Will, Science, and Religion
A discussion of free will belief relevant to science, religion, biology, psychology, and philosophy. Guests and cohosts are welcome to join us. If you like talking about the difficult topics such as no the injustice of god sending people to heaven or hell in the absence of free choice, or other great talks about morality and social issues. This is the podcast you want to listen to and speak with us on!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Episodes
- 181
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2021
106. How Does Giving Up Free Will Belief Affect Religion?
Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and Michael Walsh talk about the connection of free will belief to religion. Since free will and human responsibility are essential to some religions, it would seem tha…
Sun 20 Sep 2015
105. Implications of Not Having a Free Will
In this podcast, George Ortega, Chandler Klebs, Trick Slattery, Mitch J, David Joseph, and Jamie Soden discuss some implications of humans not having a free will, particularly with relation to concep…
Tue 15 Sep 2015
104. Partial Free Will
Some people believe that sometimes we have a little bit of free will that allows us to make choices independent of anything outside of our control. This begs the question of why we can't control when…
Sun 13 Sep 2015
103. Everyday Experiences
Everyday experiences show us that we are not able to do what we intend. We feel that it's wrong to do things but we find that we still do them. We may not have the time, talents, or money to fulfil o…
Sun 13 Sep 2015
102. Blaming Ourselves
Chandler, George, and Jamie talk about how we have blamed ourselves in the past for things we did wrong but now understand that nothing was truly our choice. When we believed in free will we ignored …
Sun 13 Sep 2015
101. Acausality
Can anything happen with no cause at all? The cohosts seem to disagree on whether this is a logical possibility. This also brings up the topic of the beginning of the universe. One problem is that di…
Mon 07 Sep 2015
100. Biggest Revolution Ever
Seven of the cohosts talk about why it's the biggest thing ever to know why free will is an illusion and their motives behind being part of the podcast and educating people on this topic and why it m…
Mon 31 Aug 2015
99. Revenge vs Reason
The cohosts on the Free Will, Science, and Religion podcast understand that nobody is to blame for anything because they are not the true first cause of their thoughts, desires, and actions. However …
Sun 30 Aug 2015
98. Intelligence Test
Do you have to be super intelligent to understand why free will is an illusion? Could there be emotional biases that prevent people from getting what it's all about? Mitch J, George Ortega, and Chand…
Sun 30 Aug 2015
97. Asexuality, Celibacy, and Choice
Chandler Klebs talks with Mitch J and George Ortega about the distinction between Asexuality and Celibacy. The AVEN home page says "Unlike celibacy, which is a choice, asexuality is a sexual orientat…
Sun 30 Aug 2015
96. Causality, Acausality, and Defining Randomness
Our actions are either causal or acausal. George attributes things to the universe as a way of saying that they are caused. If an event was uncaused, it would not be caused by anything that exists. W…
Mon 24 Aug 2015
95. The Suicide Question
This episode is a response to emails Chandler received during the week and forwarded to the group of cohosts. Chandler, Mitch J, David Joseph, Felicia Hogan and George Ortega try to give their best a…
Mon 24 Aug 2015
94. Why Would People be Overweight if they had Free Will?
Chandler Klebs and George Ortega talk about the lack of ability to control eating as one powerful example of why they don't have a free will. We would like to hear overweight free will believers expl…
Sun 23 Aug 2015
93. What is Everything up to?
Since what we do is not up to us, George Ortega and Chandler Klebs explore the idea of what is really going on in the universe and why they believe everything is caused instead of random as some peop…
Sun 23 Aug 2015
92. No One to Blame
George Ortega explains that the understanding that we don't have a free will raises a question. If we are not responsible for what we do, who is? This may be a very important question. Mitch J replie…
Mon 17 Aug 2015
91. Falsely Accused
When Jamie expresses his opinions on certain emotional topics, people misunderstand him and falsely accuse him of defending crime. This comes from misunderstanding of what he is actually saying. Howe…
Sun 16 Aug 2015
90. Positive and Negative Words
Chandler is not satisfied with the term atheist because it describes a lack of belief but doesn't explain what he is really about. He and George talk about the pros and cons of using both positive an…
Fri 14 Aug 2015
89. Defining Consciousness and Intelligence
Chandler and George try to continue the conversation they were having in episode 87 about the intelligence and consciousness of the universe. We define what we think consciousness and intelligence ac…
Fri 14 Aug 2015
88. Death Penalty, Drugs, and Animal Slaughter
Chandler Klebs, David Joseph, Michael Walsh, and Jamie Soden talk about a variety of topics. Humans are killing humans and other animals in a variety of ways. Generally the cohosts want to eliminate …
Wed 12 Aug 2015
87. Are Atheism and Pantheism compatible?
George Ortega is pantheist and believes the universe has some kind of consciousness and intelligence. Chandler Klebs and Michael Laster consider his arguments and come to the conclusion that it's pos…
Mon 10 Aug 2015
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