Gods don't exist.
Posted: 20 May 2019, 23:12
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There is no such thing as a soul. There is only our brain, which produces our consciousness. When the brain dies, the consciousness dies, therefore you as a person cease to exist.There is hope in our souls
Good question. I don't know.Baby John is certainly not the same brain as John the adult. Yet, we tend to say they are one and the same. If Elder John is later plaged by dementia and dies of old age, which of them should reach the afterlife?
But be warned, if you are easily offended. George's general views on religion were much harsher than that.[...] I became a sun-worshipper. Several reasons. First of all, I can see the sun, okay? Unlike some other gods I could mention, I can actually see the sun. I'm big on that. If I can see something, I don't know, it kind of helps the credibility along, you know? So everyday I can see the sun, as it gives me everything I need; heat, light, food, flowers in the park, reflections on the lake, an occasional skin cancer, but hey. At least there are no crucifixions, and we're not setting people on fire simply because they don't agree with us. Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn, and we don't have a special building where we all gather once a week to compare clothing. And the best thing about the sun, it never tells me I'm unworthy. Doesn't tell me I'm a bad person who needs to be saved. Hasn't said an unkind word. Treats me fine. So, I worship the sun. But, I don't pray to the sun. Know why? I wouldn't presume on our friendship. It's not polite.[...]
That doesnt contrdict my statement in the slightest but ok.
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Brian -"You don't need to follow me . You don't need to follow anybody . You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals"
All -"We are all individuals"
Brian -"You're all different"
All -"Yes , we're all different"
Some -"I'm not!"
Simply beautiful. It touches my brain.garry wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 04:11Life Of Brian (1979) - clip: "You're all individuals"
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Brian -"You don't need to follow me . You don't need to follow anybody . You've got to think for yourselves. You're all individuals" All -"We are all individuals" Brian -"You're all different" All -"Yes , we're all different" Some -"I'm not!"
Monty Python Deductive Reasoning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9PY_3E3h2c
By quoting your last statement: Good question. I don't know.
@Cuadrix Interestingly, as I see it, the previous statement could be expressed as follows:
I'd like you to explain to me by what miracle a brain can produce a consciousness - because we need more than just a fine word: a totalizing reality, being, undecomposable, not limited (with no other limit than itself), caracterized by its minehood, i.e. always-already-"mine", always-already-intentional-endeavour etc. The neurologist hand can get inside "my" brain; my hand cannot get "inside" "my" consciousness.
So what is the ontological status of these things intrinsically unknowable in the absence of 'personal' intuition, these "qualia" - like a color, precisely? Why it is an erroneous preconception that the color is merely "subjective", "psychological" - and while the light waves only should be considered as real, objective? Qualia are not "psychological images" in a black box. Every one who is shy, and became red with shame know it...
It has been suggested many times that a certain being could exist whose subjective reality (or rather, how it experiences reality) would be vastly different to our own (even though the universe is the very same). A fictional recuring example in scifi movies is a being capable of "seeing the fourth dimension" or rather "seeing time". Another more earthly example is a being the size of bacteria, whose entire lifetime is not enougth to cross a few "gigantic" grains of sand. You can see a person when you look at one, but this bacteria-size-creature would probably just see a very huge ammount of cells, with their organelles and their little structures operating right in front of it.Why it is an erroneous preconception that the color is merely "subjective", "psychological" - and while the light waves only should be considered as real, objective?
Wikipedia on Protagoras the greek philosopher wrote:Protagoras also is believed to have created a major controversy during ancient times through his statement that, "Man is the measure of all things", interpreted by Plato to mean that there is no absolute truth but that which individuals deem to be the truth.
That is a very broad claim. Have you ever tried to put on the shoes of a conceptual god in your mind and then think about what you would do with the world? Would you become a ruler or king and then use all your powers to change everything in the human world to a heaven-like state where there is absolutely no hunger nor pain? The idea that god has chosen not to interfer with the creation in any drastical way once the basis of it's foundations had been set in place is a most intriguing one. Why don't even just one of the many super advanced alien civilizations (if they do exist among the trillions of stars as many believe, of course) ever tried to contact us and transfer some form of life-changing technologies that could solve the issues of poverty and hunger in the world? Do they not care? Is that a proof that they are not there? Or perhaps maybe they prefer the story to unfold itself into the richness of our history as independent beings? But what if they did contacted at least some people in the past, just to make sure they could transfer some useful knowledge without interfering in the broad sense? What if someone did get the honour of meeting God or at least some highly advanced alien civilization? What type of ideas would they probably have provided to this blessed human?
While i can agree to your opposing of some religions, i cannot agree to the idea of opposing ALL religions. When one is completely true to themselves and then proceeds to seek a rational spiritual evolution from the bottom of their heart, the path taken will, at the very least, lead the subject to experiment with many profound metaphysical and ontological concepts, and the results of these questionings can lead the subject to a much more rich vision about the many aspects of life. Life can be highly mechanical at the muscle level, biological at the cellular level, chemical at the molecular level and... also very spiritual at the human level.In addition, also clarify that I am totally against all religion (respect for people, not their religion).