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Voltaire2

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13. There are neurological studies that appear to indicate that
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 04:12 PM
Jun 2017

we do not make conscious choices but instead become aware of the unconscious choices we have already made. So far the data is relevant to only very simple and contrived experiments. The existence of free will may be an illusion. But I brought that up as an interesting digression. My main point is that religious beliefs are pretty clearly learned behavior.

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