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| Poetry and Polemics The Choice is YOURS Philosophical and Artistic Exploration |
| Copyright 2005-2008 K. Mercurio Gotthardt www.luxuriouschoices.net all rights reserved |
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| "The strongest principal of growth lies in human choice." --Mary Ann Evans (a.k.a.George Eliot) |
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| Regret The haunting shadow of another life-- a different time, a different wife Lives in the corner and plays faint songs that fill the space where joy belongs. --S. Ann Robinson, Ashburn VA |
| Question: Do we really have complete freedom to choose? Michael F. Mercurio writes: "I've noticed that the primary theme of your pages is the unwavering power of choice. But, does everyone really have a choice in everything, or are we limited by who we are as people? For example, do I really have the choice to violently kill someone for no reason? Knowing who I am and how I have been conditioned, I don't think I could do it. Does that mean I don't really have a choice?" "I was taught that God is omnipotent and knows every choice we will make even before we were born. But I was also taught that the souls of dead, unrepentant sinners go to hell. Does this mean God creates a man knowing full well he will murder someone, and then sends him to hell for doing it? If the outcome is already known by a higher entity, then free choice is an illusion, and we are stuck making whatever choices we were designed to make. And so God, then, must also be an immoral creature for having created us to choose evil." Note: the following link will take you to our blog, where a lively debate is updated frequently. Read responses by Andrew Krueger, Joseph Mercurio, Michael Mercurio, and more. |
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| "Polemics" refers to controversial arguments, especially those that refute a particular doctrine or belief. We are accepting comments and counter-arguments on current postings as well as postings on new topics. Please see the "About Us" page for guidelines. |
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| "In the heart of the waiter lives the ghost of a king serving fresh dignity in each dish they bring." |
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| El Pais de las Hadas Si una fuerza prematura se lleva en ti una parte de mi alma que hago yo que soy la otra? La menos amada un dia mismo traera a ambos la ruina adondequiera me precedas los dos iremos caminantes dispuestos a hacer juntos el viaje sin retorno. |
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| The Land of Faeries If a premature force takes with you a part of my soul, what am I to do? For I am the other part, the less loved part. One day, it will bring us both ruin. Wherever you may precede me, we shall both go together, travelers willing to go together on a journey of no return. --Translated by Jorge de Villasante, Lowell MA |
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