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Students keep the contradiction alive by insisting that if Lucifer could decide to betray, then some kind of decision-making capacity must have existed despite the no-free-will premise.
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Decision
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "But he could still choose. But he still had a decision. Or he could make a decision. But if you don't have a free..."
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"But he could still choose. But he still had a decision. Or he could make a decision. But if you don't have a free..."
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"So was he always supposed to turn away from him?"
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"...a conscious and a subconscious, right? Subconscious. The conscious is this decision -making, whereas subconscious determines our action, okay? So, what neuroscientists say is,..."
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"...you said very clearly, we mortals cannot at all impact the decision of the gods. We have absolutely no say in this divine cosmos...."
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"...is the Bible, right? Um, we cannot at all impact the decision of the heavens and here in purgatory, we're seeing clearly prayers are..."
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"...We are kin. With both our minds I've come to one decision. If that right bank is not extremely steep, we can descend into..."
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"...can't prevent just so when people rules one languishes obeying the decision she has given which like a serpent in the grass is hidden..."
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"...your ways so that you can choose to make a better decision okay this is this is about redemptive justice as opposed to just..."
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"yeah free will right he wants you to make a decision as to how to interpret his poetry right god has given him free..."
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"...would have been allowed to let in he made the class decision to leave florence okay just golden history okay like they made many..."
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"...i think sometimes my i mean in order to make the decision my soul like needs some information for my perception is that right..."
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"...assume that whatever he writes is intentional, meaning it's a conscious decision on his part to frame the way things are, okay? A lot..."
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