RE: The human brain is under a delusion that it is a mind
September 24, 2014 at 5:47 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2014 at 6:00 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 24, 2014 at 5:08 pm)Blackrook Wrote: The human brain is a physical object under a delusion that it is something more than a physical object -- a mind, that exists outside the realm of the physical.Perhaps you're under the delusion that a -mind- is something more than a physical object?
Quote:An atheist's task is to convince the human brain that it is nothing more than a biological machine, which operates with neurons and chemicals, rather than gears and levers.Well.....that -is- how our brains operate....so I don't know that it would require much effort in the convincing dept, and?
Quote:Once that task is complete, we can abandon all belief in the soul, the spiritual world, and the afterlife.I never held any of those beliefs in the first place, it would be categorically impossible for me to abandon them. But does any of that actually follow anyway? So what if the brain were nothing more than a physical object, a machine - neurons and chemicals...what does any of that have to do with a soul, a spiritual world, or an afterlife, even more specifically, what does any of that have to do with belief in those things?
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