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Can Consciousness Best Be Explained by God's Existence?
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RE: Can Consciousness Best Be Explained by God's Existence?
How does god explain consciousness, pray tell? Do we have a mechanism as to how god creates consciousness? A recipe of its composition? An understanding of why it was formed the way it was as opposed to a different way, say, one with less cognitive biases? What information do we currently have about god that explains consciousness at all?

None? So when you say god explains consciousness, all you're really saying is "this is the thing that does the things that solves problems I don't have an answer to." That's not very compelling.

Seriously, explanations are more than just "X does it." Gravity explains why things fall down, but if our understanding of gravity was just "mass does it," and that's it, then I have a hard time seeing anybody accepting it as valid.
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RE: Can Consciousness Best Be Explained by God's Existence? - by Esquilax - March 30, 2014 at 2:32 am

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