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What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body
(August 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Interaction.  There must be some way to be conscious -of- something....for there to be consciousness in the first place.  The term, otherwise, has no meaning.

How is that interaction conveyed?

(August 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I kind of feel like an asshole for bringing up some basic shit...but has the thought ever occurred to you, Bennyboy, that if -some- of the things you say about mind and qualia and the various sub-branches of science that study it were valid objections or criticisms.....that there would -be- no branches of science that could or indeed were studying mind..let alone producing results - however unsatisfying they are or seem to you?  I do understand some of your objections regarding those bodies of knowledge - I even share some of them with you, but we're never going to get around to that unless we can tone down the hyperbole that consumes the vast majority of our communicative efforts.

@Ark
Quote:The EM force is part of God's law of universe order.
If you say so......but it seems to me like you might have skipped a step on that one.  Rolleyes

Polarity is a straight and narrow vertical path. Electromagentic return for electric action = as you sow, so shall you reap.

(August 18, 2016 at 4:47 pm)Alex K Wrote: What if the universe is a big mind that's actually thinking our thoughts, not we ourselves... man far out Duuuude.

How many radio broadcasts are passing through your body right now? How many do you hear?

(August 18, 2016 at 7:23 pm)Iroscato Wrote: So where's God's dick, and how do I get over there so I can punch him in it?
I hear anthropomorphication is all the rage...
"Leave it to me to find a way to be,
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
I knew the rules but the rules did not know me, guaranteed." - Eddie Vedder
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RE: What God is to the Universe is what your mind is to your body - by Arkilogue - August 18, 2016 at 8:18 pm

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