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Субъект: Re: It's not blind following of orders either way, because whether or not free will was present before the choice is irrelevant.
(V): "I mean choice in the sense of before we could rationalise, see the difference rather than just reacting unconsciously."
I'm talking specifically about what it says in the book of Genesis. What happened wasn't because of an unconscious reaction, it was because of rationalisation. Eve told the serpent it was forbidden fruit, and what would happen if they took and ate of it. So they knew what God had told them and what it meant, and it never occurred to them God might be lying about it until someone came along with rationalisations. That's how liers justify what they do. They "rationalise"... they find reasons to believe what they want to believe. Or what they want you to believe, same difference.