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Priori vs Posterior Knowledge

atterns or instincts that can be noted. Amazingly, many obstetricians have documented that directly prior to a woman delivering her child, she experiences a surge of energy. Psychologists believe that this behavior, called the “Nesting Instinct,” is instinctive to prepare for the baby. I personally witnessed my wife bake cookies, enough to feed a household of six, right before going into labor with our first child. This behavior is also common in birds and other animals that build nests for their young. They know instinctively when to prepare the nest for the new arrival. Another fixed-action pattern that is common in all species is the “Fight or Flight” phenomenon. This behavior is a triggered response to threat. Basically, when we face physical danger, or witness a loved one being threatened, we instinctively have a rush of adrenaline that helps us to succeed in our choice to either run or fight. To try and explain these behaviors as being learned would be ludicrous. How are these behaviors explained if they are not learned? I would offer that there is a Deity that fitted each and every thing with the knowledge, or lack of that they need to survive. This Supreme Being also helps us in our decisions as we make our personal voyage through life. I believed that there is a desired course of action, favorable to God, in every decision we make. Adversely, that also means that there is another choice that is the unfavorable choice to our Deity. God allows us the free will to make these decisions, while at the same time urging us to choose wisely. I also believe that while we have free will, he is the ultimate determinist. Considering that the Deity is omniscient, he already knows what we are going to decide and has already fixed the error before we make a decision. Although he helps us recover from poor decisions, we are not exempt from the consequential punishment for not deciding as instructed...

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