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Originally posted by disfugured
reply to post by Chainmaker
That might be so from your religious point of view, but to straight up say others are wrong just because you put all your faith in a book written 700 years after Jesus died.. is pretty narrow.
i'm not sure, i hope not because this is all just so amazing and beautiful, i guess we cannot know until we die!
I do not believe that it does. I'm actually quite comfortable in this view as well, it scares me more to think that it would live on. I have a very irrational fear that it might live on, but not be able to leave your body, if this were the case cremation and burial would be torture on the soul.
Jesus said everybody that disagreed with him was wrong. I agree with him.
Originally posted by unityemissions
reply to post by Indigo_Child
I'm sorry, but once again, you're being irrational. You assume that since we don't yet know certain things about how the brain works, and how consciousness arises, the mind must exist outside of the brain.
You use the hard problem of consciousness, and the inability of science to as of yet pinpoint exactly how memory works, to back up this claim. That doesn't make sense.
I too have had vivid conscious experiences that could be called astral projections. I don't see them as anything other than the imagination at work.
Funny you say that I'm in the same group as people believing in aliens, gods, etc...Yet your username is indigochild!! Also, you're the one who believes in aliens, annunaki, depopulation, etc..I've read your previous threads. Not buying into your bs. I do realize you're very capable of being manipulative.
Originally posted by Chainmaker
Don't be fooled.
Originally posted by unityemissions
I said that this problem does not hint, suggest, or imply that consciousness arises outside of the brain. It merely implies that we don't yet know much of how the mind works yet. That's it! Anything else is belief.
Originally posted by Jezus
Originally posted by unityemissions
Actually, it takes in information not only from our body, but from the environment as well.
Your body takes information from the environment.
Your brain synthesizes this information into consciousness.
Your mind observes and responds to the conscious experience.
Originally posted by unityemissions
The idea that the mind is non-physical is nothing more than belief.
The idea that the mind is created by the physical brain is nothing more than an illusion.
The mind is fundamentally non-physical, it responds to the physical.
Originally posted by unityemissions
How am I to observe without sensation or imagination? Where does sensation and imagination come from? The brain. Their is no observer without the brain. It's really not hard to grasp at.
Your mind is the entity that "feels" a sensation.
Your brain creates the sensation.
The brain can not "feel" anymore than the left toe can.
It can only pass the message.
Originally posted by unityemissions
Sometimes reality is just not as interesting as fantasy.
I disagree.
Originally posted by unityemissions
This is nothing to fear.
I agree.
Originally posted by Chainmaker
Originally posted by disfugured
reply to post by Chainmaker
That might be so from your religious point of view, but to straight up say others are wrong just because you put all your faith in a book written 700 years after Jesus died.. is pretty narrow.
I have spent much time in my life researching history, politics and religion, as well as all this conspiracy stuff.
The conspiracies all make sense in a Christian view, there's nothing mysterious about it. There is a reason why the controlling elites are always involved with secret societies that always are associated with occult pagan rituals.
My faith is not a blind faith, and an open and honest heart will see the truth within the Bible.
Jesus said everybody that disagreed with him was wrong. I agree with him.
Originally posted by unityemissions
Originally posted by Jezus
The brain only a piece of hardware that synthesizes the information that comes from the body.
The brain is physical just like the limbs.
The mind is the non-physical observing entity that responds to the message the brain creates.
To think that you are your body is an illusion.
Actually, it takes in information not only from our body, but from the environment as well. The idea that the mind is non-physical is nothing more than belief. How am I to observe without sensation or imagination? Where does sensation and imagination come from? The brain. Their is no observer without the brain. It's really not hard to grasp at.
Sometimes reality is just not as interesting as fantasy. You will die one day. Worms will eat your brains. This is nothing to fear. It's just the inevitable.
Originally posted by Republican08
reply to post by Monts
Extreme claims require extreme evidence.
Why is it hard to grasp death... just remember what it was like before you were born.
It's pretty selfish and arrogant to think that you and everyone else is immortal and all this stuff, it's the most pretentious thing i've ever heard.
Originally posted by disfugured
Originally posted by Chainmaker
Originally posted by disfugured
reply to post by Chainmaker
That might be so from your religious point of view, but to straight up say others are wrong just because you put all your faith in a book written 700 years after Jesus died.. is pretty narrow.
I have spent much time in my life researching history, politics and religion, as well as all this conspiracy stuff.
The conspiracies all make sense in a Christian view, there's nothing mysterious about it. There is a reason why the controlling elites are always involved with secret societies that always are associated with occult pagan rituals.
My faith is not a blind faith, and an open and honest heart will see the truth within the Bible.
Jesus said everybody that disagreed with him was wrong. I agree with him.
..And others that believe differently have not done extensive research ?
I'm well aware of the secret societies. How does that validate the New Testament ? I'm happy you found such strong belonging through a book. As far as I'm concerned, its a book written by man 700 years after Christ died. How accurate can a book be when it was written 700 years after the fact ? Also take into perspective that conquering nations rewrite past history. Also, Genesis got their story from ancient Sumeria. I do believe there is some validity to the Bible but I also believe there is validity in many ancient books.