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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: What do people mean by free will?
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:09:16 EDT
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> The oldest notion seems to be of souls: beings of pure will.  I think that
> at this time we can reject this hypothesis, or at least set it aside until
> there is better evidence.
> ... 
> 
> C Wingate

If you do not accept the existence of souls, why do you bother with the
new testament, christianity, and things like god? I was
under the impression that the whole thrust of christianity was 
salvation. What's to be saved if there is no soul? 

Padraig Houlahan.