Originally Posted by nighthawk
We can learn new things and accept or reject what we learn as we choose and thereby select our path, for better or worse.


What we accept or reject is based on the relationship between what we learn and our life experiences. You may be convinced that something is true while someone else is not. The other person simply does not see it as you do.

You no more invoke your conviction of truth through an act of 'free will' than the person who is not convinced. Conviction is not simply an act of 'free will,' it is a complex underlying process.

Last edited by DBT; 07/01/19.