forgotten observer
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If abiogenesis is completely proven and accepted, what effect would this have on philosophical concepts such as the soul, free will E.T.C?
How would the catholic church respond? What other implication would it have to philosophy?
Personally I view that it would totally destroy the few non-naturalistic explanations that still remain to all, but the most hardcore dishonest and ignorant of the religious world, (Keep in mind I said accepted, so I meant into education as well, being taught alongside evolution).
I believe that the soul and most modern theological views on life would prove foundation-less if life can be shown to be originated or even possibly originated from non-life, as well as possibly even the ideas of Heaven and Hell because if the deterministic qualities of non-living matter
could transfer to living matter then free-will breaks, hence heaven and hell concept no longer become logically plausible. I'm a determinist myself and hence realise how this distinction shouldn't exist however many people hold a huge distinction between living and non-living matter. Still I have heard many different perspectives on this but none have been clarified so please, discuss.
How would the catholic church respond? What other implication would it have to philosophy?
Personally I view that it would totally destroy the few non-naturalistic explanations that still remain to all, but the most hardcore dishonest and ignorant of the religious world, (Keep in mind I said accepted, so I meant into education as well, being taught alongside evolution).
I believe that the soul and most modern theological views on life would prove foundation-less if life can be shown to be originated or even possibly originated from non-life, as well as possibly even the ideas of Heaven and Hell because if the deterministic qualities of non-living matter
could transfer to living matter then free-will breaks, hence heaven and hell concept no longer become logically plausible. I'm a determinist myself and hence realise how this distinction shouldn't exist however many people hold a huge distinction between living and non-living matter. Still I have heard many different perspectives on this but none have been clarified so please, discuss.