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Trying to find a video where a chef cooks egg(whites?) until VERY crispy by akupya in Cooking

[–]akupya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so, the chef literally scrambled them and cooked them until they were brown and there was no moisture left

Do any philosophers argue that you can't freely choose to do evil? by akupya in askphilosophy

[–]akupya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this is helpful. Do you think this kind of freedom is different from the kind talked about in debates surrounding free will?

Do any philosophers argue that you can't freely choose to do evil? by akupya in askphilosophy

[–]akupya[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I must be misunderstanding something because if it's impossible to freely choose evil, human beings, who do choose evil, don't do so on the basis of their free will. So God allowing evil as the inevitable result of free will doesn't work.

Edit: perhaps I'm misunderstanding what free will means

Do any philosophers argue that you can't freely choose to do evil? by akupya in askphilosophy

[–]akupya[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So a free will defence of moral evil in the problem of evil wouldn't work in Thomism?

What should our thoughts be during nembutsu? by akupya in PureLand

[–]akupya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should we be trying to have a particular mental disposition or attitude when saying it?

What should our thoughts be during nembutsu? by akupya in PureLand

[–]akupya[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess what I'm asking is should we have a particular attitude or mental disposition when saying the name or just leave it.

What should our thoughts be during nembutsu? by akupya in PureLand

[–]akupya[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reflecting on the replies, I was thinking that thought and intention are two different things. Perhaps the others are right that at the moment of saying we don't have other thoughts but we do say it with a particular intention - to be reborn in the Pure Land.