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Despite the US being a secular state, Christianity Dualism (mind/soul and body)

Libertarian Indeterminism - Truth based on Internationalist Dualism :

This argument is born out of idea of a particular truth - Mind-Body dualism and asserts that the mind exists independently to the body with the ability to perceive, think and choose freely and act upon the body. This idea of interaction dualism is credited to Descartes --> link to discipline of philosophy of mind?

Truth in this argument is that the world is not fully described by physical forces and so a rejection of naturalism.

(Libertarian Indeterminism - Quantum Mechanics

Truth in this argument is that there is randomness and indeterminacy on an atomic and subatomic level which would necessarily mean that our actions and decisions are not predetermined or even possible to know were the entire particular configuration of the body and brain to be known allowing free will to exist.[4] Yet this is a different argument to the previous libertarian indeterminism argument with a different basis of truth and a different moral consequence.)

Truth in Free Will
Christianity is characterized by its view that humans not only consist of a material body, but also a distinct nonmaterial soul that connects them with God, who is entirely nonmaterial. (Ref) Vastly shaped by Rene Decartes, this substance dualism is opposed to the idea of materialism or monism, which claim that humans just like everything in the world, are made up of and governed by physical laws. Dualism allows for the existence of free will and the freedom of humans to choose alternative paths in life, because they are not merely tied to physical matter.

Further assumptions within Christianity give allusions to the its belief in free will. Christians like Karl Barth and John Cobb argue in favor of human actions and intentions being not merely subject to deterministic factors, but free choice and self-determination. These assumptions back the Christian belief in moral freedom, which shall ultimately lead to humans sacrificing themselves for their neighbor‘s well-being. Therefore, despite assigning human individuals self-determination, the Christian belief encourages Christian individuals to free themselves from their selfish will and transcend to selflessly doing good for other people as God wishes. Marthin Luther formulates this paradox as the Christian individual being „free lord of all; subject to nome“ whilst being a „dutiful servant of all, subject to all in love.“

This notion enables Christians to explain the