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Consciousness
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RE: Consciousness
(January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am)Youssef Wrote: It has been driving me crazy. Why am I not a gorilla in the amazon or an old lady's poodle? I don't have anything else to add really...

That's silly. If you were any of those things, you wouldn't be you.

(January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am)Youssef Wrote: There are infinite ways of proving that God as most major religions define it does not exist, but the fact that I am human makes me much cooler than all the other members of the animal kingdom. Why do I have that advantage?

What kind of answer are you looking for here? The chain of causality that led to your current identity can be easily figured out. Your question seems to be looking for some sort of intention or design behind it - in that case you already know the answer you are going to get here.
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Messages In This Thread
Consciousness - by Youssef - January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am
RE: Consciousness - by FallentoReason - January 11, 2013 at 3:07 am
RE: Consciousness - by Youssef - January 11, 2013 at 4:25 am
RE: Consciousness - by Darwinian - January 11, 2013 at 4:29 am
RE: Consciousness - by paulpablo - January 11, 2013 at 4:43 am
RE: Consciousness - by FallentoReason - January 11, 2013 at 5:10 am
RE: Consciousness - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 11, 2013 at 5:43 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 6:54 am
RE: Consciousness - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 7:01 am
RE: Consciousness - by Kayenneh - January 11, 2013 at 7:46 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 7:48 am
RE: Consciousness - by Kayenneh - January 11, 2013 at 7:50 am
RE: Consciousness - by Ben Davis - January 11, 2013 at 7:52 am
RE: Consciousness - by genkaus - January 11, 2013 at 8:34 am
RE: Consciousness - by Psykhronic - January 11, 2013 at 10:22 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: Consciousness - by DeistPaladin - January 11, 2013 at 11:22 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm
RE: Consciousness - by genkaus - January 11, 2013 at 1:45 pm
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Annik - January 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Consciousness - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2013 at 2:59 pm
RE: Consciousness - by HorribleOffensiveScouser91 - January 11, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Welsh cake - January 11, 2013 at 7:58 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Angrboda - January 11, 2013 at 9:47 pm
RE: Consciousness - by ManMachine - February 12, 2013 at 11:16 am
Consciousness - by JDFlood - February 11, 2013 at 2:06 pm
RE: Consciousness - by downbeatplumb - February 11, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Consciousness - by JDFlood - February 11, 2013 at 6:20 pm

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