[Dogrobber]

All of this is nothing new. These questions have plagued humanity since Plato and before. Does man have free will or is everything rigged and we are just puppets?

Calling someone a "science philosopher" or couching the question in terms of describing man as a "meat machine" changes nothing nor adds to the discussion.

This is just another aspect of the Darwinian anti-religionist viewpoint. Man is a product of evolution and is nothing more than a meat machine dancing to the tune of his hormones and genetic coding. God does not exist.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtin, he does not exist.

[Moonman62]

Calling someone a "science philosopher" or couching the question in terms of describing man as a "meat machine" changes nothing nor adds to the discussion.

If we were mere meat machines, we would not be conscious. Only a tiny fraction of people have brains wired so badly that they can't keep from acting out their impulses.

As Buford T. Justice used to say, "You can think about it, just don't do it."

[secretagent]

This is just another aspect of the Darwinian anti-religionist viewpoint. Man is a product of evolution and is nothing more than a meat machine dancing to the tune of his hormones and genetic coding. God does not exist.

The last statement lost me. God may have created everything.

One can believe in an intelligent design behind evolution.