i'm not sure if i believe in life after death but i thought of something that has me leaning toward that direction.
unlike other living beings, humans have a consciousness that is separate from our brain.
two prime examples of this are addiction and dieting.
If our consciousness is not seperate from our brains, how is it possible for us to be consciously aware of what our brains want and still resist it. Is the brain resisting itself?
How is it possible to push my arms against each other and make them resist each other? Having mutually exclusive desires is not evidence that consciousness is separate from the brain. I could simultaneously want both chocolate AND strawberry ice cream even though I may only be able to have one.
i'm not sure if i believe in life after death but i thought of something that has me leaning toward that direction.
unlike other living beings, humans have a consciousness that is separate from our brain.
two prime examples of this are addiction and dieting.
We don't know if a person's consciousness cease to exist if their brain is destroyed because no one has ever come back from the dead.
So at best, for your position that the brain and consciousness are separate, we can say that there is absolutely no evidence for it. All current evidence points to them being one in the same.
I don't understand what you mean by "addiction has well know physical causes". That doesn't change the fact that your brain is craving something that consciously do not want.
Some people do desire the object of the addition. For instance. I do love coffee and I know I have a caffeine addiction. I have no issue with caffeine and like it.
So, again, at best, you can say that some people have a physical addition that they don't want. That still in no way implies that consciousness exists outside of a physical body.
do you beleive our spirit lives on in other dimensions or are we really just dead?
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What is "spirit" made of?
i am so intrigued by all of these science and history shows.
with the universe being so large, with the fact that we have ocean floors we cant even get to, with all of the amazimg artifacts...isnt it possible?
there is so much we dont know.
Be prepared for a beat-down if you start a thread like this. Only things that have been scientifically proven and written in a peer reviewed paper are believed. This is ironic because science often begins with, "What if???"
Nice troll and misrepresentation of several people. You should go into religious publishing with honesty like that.
To the OP, it is quite possible and some even say likely that there is other life outside of our planet. There is even an idea that life is an inevitable consequence of physics and chemistry given a sufficiently large universe.
However, there is no proof that aliens built the pyramids or genetically engineered humans or anything like what they show on Ancient Aliens.
i'm not sure if i believe in life after death but i thought of something that has me leaning toward that direction.
unlike other living beings, humans have a consciousness that is separate from our brain.
two prime examples of this are addiction and dieting.
Unlike other living beings, humans have a consciousness that is separate from our brain.
Please explain. If I were to destroy your brain, your consciousness would cease to exist. Also, there is evidence that other animals has a sense of self similar to humans.
The example you gave of addiction has well known physical causes in most cases. How does that prove anything. You've not gotten from A to B yet.
It's your world, Frankie. And no thanks. I prefer knowledge over woo.
As usual, you have nothing say except childish insults. I feel sorry for you. Truly I do. I can't imagine living in such a pedantic and ill-informed world.
Not so much a new history as pseudo-scientific bunk.
i know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it.
so theists why did god create these and why does he co tinue to allow them?
are they from the talking snake, satan?.
I don't get it?
You answer one poster with a scripture and then deny another because it uses a scripture.
What don't you get?
i know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it.
so theists why did god create these and why does he co tinue to allow them?
are they from the talking snake, satan?.
Seraphim - I don't agree that God "Made" Darkness,Evil or Death.
You should try knowing the Bible. Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
The discussion is only in danger of dying because the unbelievers won't like the answer to the question they asked.
Not quite, we reject the unsubstantiated, incorrect, untestable and contradictory myths and woo presented as if they were answers.
