(March 19, 2014 at 9:05 am)kalicarmas Wrote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Qualia is another name for soul.
Subconscious is another name for god.
Scientists can’t measure qualia or the subconscious so they deny them.
Subconscious is another name for god? That could very well be the most authentic way to view 'god.'
Science doesn't need to measure it. But, many feel the need to dub things as 'supernatural' that can't be measured, or that they don't understand. It's ok to say...''I don't know.'' Conjuring up a god because a person is too uncomfortable with the words ''I don't know'' ...is largely how religions became what they are.
During the Paleolithic time period, a quasi-religion if you will, began called shamanism (people practiced an altered state of consciousness). Even back then, man was reaching for something to grab onto, to make sense of what he didn't yet know, or understand about his surroundings. Or even about himself.
Nothing new, really.
