10 01 2024 New Era Speeds Up - Israel Update -

Discover how Genesis 3 and the story of a bleeding woman teach us about sin, choice, and healing through faith in Jesus.

Free Will - Reflections from Eden } A Sermon on Genesis 3

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Who are you?  How you answer that question will probably expose your personal identity.  Most people would answer that question by talking about their career, favorite hobby, or education.  But those are all temporary and do not work in the long run as our core identity.  For other people, the things they have suffered have become their identity; for others, it's the regret over mistakes they have made.  Our believes (identity) about ourselves largely determine our behavior.  In Eph. 1:1-18, Paul teaches the basis for a Christian's core identity.  This magnificent passage can change your life, when you understand who you really are in Christ.

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"Choice or Destiny" explores humanity's eternal question about free will versus fate through melodic storytelling. The song weaves metaphors of rivers, roads, and dancing to examine how our lives balance between conscious decisions and predetermined paths. Through building arrangements and thoughtful lyrics, it suggests that perhaps the answer lies not in choosing one or the other, but in understanding how both forces shape our journey. The music mirrors this dance between certainty and mystery, creating space for listeners to contemplate their own paths.

Choice Or Destiny

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In “The Fisherman’s Net,” a riverbank showdown unfolds: a fisherman mends his craft while a stranger urges a wild, reckless cast. This bluesy folk tune threads free will through skillful hands, with a rolling melody and soulful grit. It’s a tale of bending with the current—because the river rewards those who listen. Ideal for a quiet night or a long, open-road drive.

Lyrics:
[Verse]
Down by the river where the waters bend
A fisherman sat with a net to mend
A stranger came
With fire in his eye
Said
"Cast it wide
Don’t question why."

[Verse 2]
The fisherman said
"I know my trade
The catch is meager
But it's honest paid."
The stranger laughed
“Let the river choose
Free will’s a cage if you're born to lose."

[Chorus]
Throw the net where wisdom flows
Follow the current where the truth bestows
Free will’s the line you weave with care
Skillful hands shape what grows there

[Verse 3]
The stranger seized the net
Cast it afar
Into deep waters
Where the shadows spar
The line pulled taut
But his hands let slip
The weight was too much
And the net would rip

[Verse 4]
The fisherman rose
With a steady hand
Pulled the net back
Brought the fish to land
Said
"It ain't the depth
But the patience
Friend
The river gives
When you learn to bend."

[Chorus]
Throw the net where wisdom flows
Follow the current where the truth bestows
Free will’s the line you weave with care
Skillful hands shape what grows there




The Fishermans Net

In this episode, we discuss Chapter 6 of Cusk’s Outline alongside an essay by Murdoch called The Idea of Perfection. In this essay, Murdoch argues that the way we pay attention to the world is ethically significant. We talk about how Cusk’s narrator attends to the world, and what this leads the reader to infer about her character and sense of self. 

Speaker names: 

•	Dr. Scarlett Baron, Associate Professor in the English Department at UCL.
•	Alice Harberd, PhD Student in the Philosophy Department at UCL.


4. The Ethics of Attention: Iris Murdoch

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Delve into the complex topic of free will, exploring its philosophical and scientific dimensions. Discuss the illusion of free will, the constraints imposed by physical reality, and the implications of quantum physics on our understanding of choice and determinism. The dialogue navigates through concepts such as causality, entropy, and the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, ultimately questioning the nature of reality and whether free will truly exists or is merely an illusion.

DO WE HAVE FREE WILL - ESSENCE OF SCIENCE

We humans feel like we have the ability to make any choice, but the reality is that we can only make any choice we want to. In other words, humans are bound to their own wills - it’s not possible to choose to do something you ultimately do not want to do. Every choice to do something you don’t want to do is made because there is something you ultimately want more. We choose to go to the dentist–something we don’t want to do–because our desire to avoid the long-term pain of dental decay is greater than our desire to avoid the short-term pain of dental pain. A better way to talk about the way we make choices is to say we have freedom of agency: we can choose to do anything within the realm of our desires. For example, I am free to choose between wearing the green socks or the yellow socks, but I am not free to cut my feet off–it simply isn’t within the realm of my desires to do so. 

The Bible insists that this is also true when it comes to one’s relationship with God. Our fallen human hearts do not desire God, or at least we do not desire God as he really is. And so we choose to reject him because it is our will to reject him, and we do not choose to accept him because our wills are opposed to him–and it is impossible to do something ultimately against your will. And so, if we are going to accept God, he must change our will so that we desire him. This work of the Holy Spirit, called prevenient grace, happens when God mercifully and lovingly draws us to himself, and changes our heart from the inside out so that we believe in him and long for a relationship with him. 

Hosts: Aaron Mueller and Chuck Rathert

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Do We Have Free Will? (Ep123)

Every action has its causes and conditions, but my will cannot be reduced to simple physical or social drives or neural processes. Everyone tells me to stay away from you, but I chose You – because I am free to love you.

I Chose You

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These sources provide a comprehensive overview of **political ideologies**, covering the spectrum from the **foundational principles of American and French Revolutions** to modern political parties and extremism. They contrast liberal and leftist ideologies, primarily through their differing approaches to **capitalism** and social change, emphasizing the distinction between reform and revolution. Several texts explore **conservatism in the United States**, detailing its historical roots, economic views like fiscal conservatism and deregulation, and current movements such as right-wing populism. Furthermore, the documents examine the concepts of **authoritarianism and totalitarianism**, defining them through practices that sabotage accountability and infringe on human rights, with examples ranging from historical regimes like Francoist Spain to modern groups like the Taliban. The origins and evolution of the **left–right political spectrum**, tracing back to the French Revolution and the actions of groups like the Jacobins, are also discussed. Finally, the texts touch on the modern platforms of the **Republican and Democratic Parties in the U.S.**, highlighting Republican priorities like border security and deregulation, and Democratic focuses on social equality, minority rights, and health care.

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Eternal Darkness Ep. 2: Is Free Will An Illusion? | State Of The Arc Podcast

What happens to free will in a world where AI tells us what to watch, buy, believe, and even who to love? In this new episode of Singularity.FM, I sit down with Jacob Ward — veteran technology journalist and author of The Loop: How AI Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back — to ask a deceptively simple question: what is a choice, and what happens when we quietly hand that power to machines?

Jake argues that AI is doing to our decision-making what Google Maps did to our sense of direction: turning a hard-won human capacity into a service layer we outsource by default. Drawing on decades of reporting from Silicon Valley, behavioral science labs, addiction research, and the front lines of “decision technology,” he shows how our brains are shortcut engines that love to offload hard thinking — and how AI, optimized for engagement and profit, exploits that instinct to narrow our options, dull our skills, and automate even our moral judgments.

We dig into the psychology that makes us so hackable, the business models that reward “decision outsourcing,” and the cult-like belief that adding AI to anything automatically makes it better. But we also talk about what we can still do — culturally, politically, and personally — to defend human autonomy, preserve difficult choices, and protect the “friction” that makes life meaningful rather than merely efficient.

In this conversation with Jacob Ward, we explore:

Who Jacob Ward is and how a tech reporter became obsessed with the psychology of choice and AI
The core thesis of The Loop: how AI and decision-shaping tech are shrinking the space in which real human choice lives
What a “choice” actually is, why it’s rare, and how much of our lives run on unconscious autopilot
The brain as a shortcut machine: why we naturally try to offload heavy cognitive work — and how apps, platforms, and algorithms weaponize that
Story as both poison and cure: how narrative explains our addictions, identities, and blind spots
The chilling dinner with addiction scientists hired to make consumer apps as addictive as possible
Why we outsource hard moral decisions (hiring, lending, welfare, bail, custody) to opaque algorithms we don’t understand
Google Maps, Spotify, Netflix & co: from convenience to skill-loss and dependency
ChatGPT and the new AI wave: why Jake thought he was early, and why the cult of AI “solutionism” worries him more than the tech itself
“AI will fix everything” as the ultimate cop-out: from politics and climate to governance and war
Great ideas we shouldn’t pursue: the missing virtue of restraint in tech culture
Stoicism, free will, and “loving fate” versus outsourcing it to machines
Cultural resistance: kids calling AI “clankers,” the return of film cameras, and the hunger for authentic creativity
Legal and regulatory pushback: psychological harm, AI distortion, and why insurers are already nervous
How we can still fight back: defending autonomy, re-valuing effort and difficulty, and protecting the best parts of being human

If you care about AI, ethics, free will, and the future of human agency, this conversation with Jacob Ward is a bracing reality check — and a reminder that protecting our ability to choose may be the most important design problem of the 21st century.

Jacob Ward on The Loop, AI, and a World Without Real Choices

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