IF NO WORDS, WOULD HUMANS SIN?

[Repox]

I have to do some research about symbolic communication abilities before i can get back to you.

If it's okay, i would also like to know how do you define free will.


I'm not sure how to respond to your post, i have to think about it.

As for free will, I define it as having objective self-awareness about possible choices. One could argue that humans are determined by forces beyond their control. I argue humans have the ability to make choices, therefore, they have free will.

 

[Pudding]

As for free will, I define it as having objective self-awareness about possible choices. One could argue that humans are determined by forces beyond their control. I argue humans have the ability to make choices, therefore, they have free will.

Thanks for explain.

 

[Indian]

One argument for freewill is without it we have no opportunity to demonstrate perfection. Without symbolic communication abilities, humans are not much different from other species; humans would be similar to apes or gorillas in the jungle. Do other species have freewill? No, unless theologians have changed their minds, they rely on instincts. Language usage enables humans to make choices, and, therefore, to sin.

Does freewill exist ? In an unintelligent world where permutations and combinations cannot be counted, answer is free will. In an intelligent world where every permutation and combination can be perceived and computed, in such a world free will is banished, because everything is predictable.

 

[whirlingmerc]

You don't need words to sin... desiring something more than God... hating someone in your heart... being bitter or not trusting God... many ways to sin without words

 

[Milton Platt]

One argument for freewill is without it we have no opportunity to demonstrate perfection. Without symbolic communication abilities, humans are not much different from other species; humans would be similar to apes or gorillas in the jungle. Do other species have freewill? No, unless theologians have changed their minds, they rely on instincts. Language usage enables humans to make choices, and, therefore, to sin.

So, you are arguing that a deaf-mute cannot sin??? Really?

 

[Repox]

So, you are arguing that a deaf-mute cannot sin??? Really?

No, I am pointing to the condition of sin for humans. Would we have sin if we were just like other species? In God's moral order, the consequences are no immortality for the offender, or whatever God decrees. If there is no God, humans determine societal rules and punishment for transgressors.