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  1. Is freethinking possible or are we all conditioned by culture, class, past, environment etc. and, if not

  2. Are we sufficiently experienced to make judgments upon the beliefs of others

Geoffrey51 8 Oct 23
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We are certainly influenced by culture, class, past, environment etc. but we have the creative ability to be critical of our judgments and beliefs. We can transcend our cultural, class, past, environments.

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Yes, but it is tainted.
No - with a potential probably as we have empathy, but even this is culturally tainted.

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My body is conditioned by culture, class, past environment, etc., and also by genetics. Conscious awareness might step in and coax that body into having free thoughts—creating new ideas. Of course there are limitations.

Because of those limitations we don’t know everything. It is a mistake to make harsh judgments about the opinions of others. They can’t help but believe what they believe. Their beliefs or opinions are a small part of the whole person.

Point of fact: They could be right and we might be wrong.

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we are conditioned but we do not have to be totally bound.

experienced at what? i don't get what experience has to do with it, nor how we can answer whether WE are experienced enough, since there are a bunch of us here and we're not all the same. i think even a small child might be experienced enough to judge a belief that the sky is green is crazy.

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  1. Yes, freethinking is possible
  2. Some of us are
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No and no

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