Dan;

 

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So let me ask you a few questions regarding ‘inaction’ my friend:

 

Are you suggesting:

 

 

One is not responsible for one does not do?

 

There are no consequences to what it is one decides not to do?

 

One’s actions affect ‘eternity’ (as you stated), however, one’ refusal to ‘act upon’ does not affect ‘eternity’?

 

djs

 

 

061021:  cg

 

First, let me state that I do as you do though I would express it differently then you did:

 

  1. Regarding actions I do not take of which I have not conscious awareness: Such actions have no affect upon my decision making which I control through the attribute of free will.
  2. Regarding action I do not take of which I have conscious awareness: Such actions affect decision making enormously. Such actions cause me to pause and analyze before I actually act. Such actions lead me to ponder what the consequences of my not acting will have upon myself, upon others directly involved, upon those not directly involved or present, upon my existence after the physical.

 

And I am responsible for my actions; I acknowledge what I do.  I can also acknowledge that I did not do that which was not what I did.  For example, I did x.  I can acknowledge that I did x and I can acknowledge that I did not do not-x.

 

There is one universe and like a river it constantly flows; the totality of this moment is the cause of the next moment.  If the totality of this moment includes one’s refusal to do x, then that is part of the cause of the next moment, for eternity.

 

So, you and I do the same thing when a decision arises, we consider a set of potential actions and select the one we think is the best.