(June 6, 2014 at 8:40 am)mickiel Wrote: Consciousness, the governor of our behavior. I do not believe that a thing like consciousness can be the result of random evolution; although I believe in evolution, just not 100% of the common definition of the term, I think its a tool of god. Not a tool of magic luck. I think our consciousness was designed to continue to evolve, like many things God designed. And yes, I do figure that design requires a designer, or is evidence of one.
I do not think consciousness could be arrived at from things " lesser than itself", such as unconscious things like rocks, matter and chemicals; no. This fingers a god in my figuration.
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That is like saying that dead things can produce life. Which I think is another proof of god, only consciousness can birth consciousness , only life can produce life; only a human can birth a human; we are not continuous with the idiot hierarchy of speechless apes.
I'm not sure why you are so overawed by consciousness. If you knew more about embryology you might be even more impressed by the manner in which each and every organism assembles itself from scratch. But why look beyond the physical to explain the physical?
Consciousness of humans is not so different than in other animals. It is only language that makes it seem so. Everything about life is amazing and surprising. But remember that life is a potential state of inorganic materials. That isn't up for debate. It is a fact.
