I forgot to explain this, but you can be a superdeterminist and believe in free will at the same time. We are under hierarchical teleology where intent determines the structure of not only our subjective mental phenomena, but also the objective physical world, albeit through God. Because we are outside of time where there is no temporal determinism, and therefore circular reasoning is not a fallacy.

Consciousness can not be derived from computation. The idea that the brain is a computer therefore consciousness is wrong and easily disprovable. Why then do so many intelligent people believe it?

James chapter 2 is one of the most misunderstood chapters in the whole Bible and is commonly used to teach damnable works-salvation heresy. Fear not however, James 2 makes perfect sense once you understand it.

Galatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Matthew 7 does not support works salvation. People are confused about the will of the father.

Creation and evolution can both be true. No problemo.

How are we saved? By faith? By works? By faith + works? By repenting of our sins?

What does the Bible say?

The late Christopher Hitchens famously wrote the book "God is not great: How religion poisons everything." Is this true? Is religion a scourge on human civilization?

Most intelligent people believe that the computation in the brain produces consciousness. They are wrong.

How can the computation exist objectively when the language (binary) that it computes does not objectively exist.