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What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
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What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
A person with their mind is able to control the hands etc. Thus from the perspective of the mind the body is in its control. So what if the Big bang and as such the universe is the creation of a Mind?  Our own existence is the best evidence that this is a possibility.
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm)fdesilva Wrote: A person with their mind is able to control the hands etc. Thus from the perspective of the mind the body is in its control. So what if the Big bang and as such the universe is the creation of a Mind?  Our own existence is the best evidence that this is a possibility.

Define what you mean by "mind". For me, it's just something I seem to possess that allows me to reason and be aware of stuff. Does the universe reason out stuff like we do? Is it aware of anything? Doesn't look like it. And it doesn't even look like it needs one anyway.

Wait, just read your OP (I was commenting on your title at first). Your post content does not match the title.
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
I followed you until you tried to connect the big bang to the mind. What if? Questions can be asked all day. Can you do anything with those questions though? So far you have no evidence, even if you are using the word.

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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
A false equivalence leveraged for poor analogy, foisted aloft by a non sequitur.  Gratz.
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm)fdesilva Wrote: A person with their mind is able to control the hands etc. Thus from the perspective of the mind the body is in its control. So what if the Big bang and as such the universe is the creation of a Mind?  Our own existence is the best evidence that this is a possibility.

Why should I care?

Seriously, come on. A mind? Big deal. Good for him/she/it.
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm)fdesilva Wrote: A person with their mind is able to control the hands etc. Thus from the perspective of the mind the body is in its control. So what if the Big bang and as such the universe is the creation of a Mind?  Our own existence is the best evidence that this is a possibility.

Analogy fail: My mind didn't create my body, my genetics and environment did.

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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
So, basically, God spends a lot of time telling the Universe not to scratch its balls in public? Because my mind seems to spend an inordinate amount of time on that very subject.

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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:11 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A false equivalence leveraged for poor analogy, foisted aloft by a non sequitur.  Gratz.

(Question for the logic bomber:  Is a false equivalence the same thing as conflating two things?)
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm)fdesilva Wrote: A person with their mind is able to control the hands etc. Thus from the perspective of the mind the body is in its control. So what if the Big bang and as such the universe is the creation of a Mind?  Our own existence is the best evidence that this is a possibility.

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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
Let's start and end with you actually informing yourself what mind is by scientific standards and how it works, dear OP. And then we can have no discussion, since you're already missing the mark by a lightyear or so. Otherwise shove your preaching effort up where the sun doesn't shine, if you would indulge me.
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