(June 12, 2018 at 4:45 am)Little Rik Wrote: I always knew that atheists believe in miracles FM.![]()
Here I got a small list of atheists miracles but the list is endless.![]()
1) Life come from non life.
2) The consciousness is a product of the brain.
3) When the body die also the consciousness die.
4) Physical science is the real McCoy.
and.....................blah,.........blah,........blah,...........
But don't worry too much brother FM because once you get out the corral of dogmasyou too will be able to see the light.
The light that allow a blind person to see for the first time ever.
Okay, first of all you are listing the positions of materialists or naturalists rather than atheists. I know a few people who don't believe in God who are still spiritualists.
Second, you are listing such positions inaccurately.
1) We know life comes from non-life because the carbon atoms in your body, for instance, are exactly the same as non-living carbon atoms. Life comes from the complex interactions of non-living materials. Nothing about life violates the laws of physics.
2) Consciousness is a process of the brain. It is an emergent property of a complex arrangement of matter, just like life is.
3) Bodies do die. Does consciousness? I would say, rather, that consciousness disappears, since consciousness is a process rather than a being. So for instance, if your computer malfunctions, the screen may go dark. But if you fix the computer, it will work again. The only difference is that the physical components of the body degrade very quickly when the system isn't working, so you only have a short time to fix them.
4) Physical science is a detailed description of reality that works. It depends on observations rather than speculations.
It's best to avoid strawman arguments. There's nothing miraculous about materialism if you know the details. It's just the way the world works.