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Originally Posted by Merkaba
She is pretty much dead right, you know.
Influences are usually a far more determining factor of ones actions than free will. If you come from a domestically violent upbringing than you yourself are more likely to be violent too, free will has close to bugger all to do with it. If freewill over-rode influences than there would be no alcoholics, there would be no drug addicts, there would be no gangsters wasting their lives away for an affiliation they don't even know the meaning of.
It is nature vs nuture, and naturally you act according to how you were nutured.
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Influences are determined by your environemnt. They said you have no control over your environment, how is that correct? And just b/c your parent is an alcoholic or wife beater doesnt determine whethere or not you will be. It may, according to some, give people somewhat of a pre-disposition, but it is not a mahor determining factor. Your ideas may be correct if youre dealing with 12 year olds who have no self confidence and just follow the flow, but most people in the world have a backbone, and choose to use their free will.