(January 19, 2015 at 11:02 am)Davka Wrote:(January 19, 2015 at 2:56 am)Drich Wrote: Again agape and phila are not feelings, try again.
Try reading for comprehension. I specifically stated "the part where you feel things," as in the effects of agape and phila. I deliberately split the answer into the actions and the effects. To re-phrase, "The effects of agape and phila (in which there are emotions involved) are simply biochemical impulses . . . whereas the choices we call "agape" and "phila" are the results of thought processes - more biochemical impulses."
I foolishly thought you were capable of simple comprehension. Perhaps i was wrong.
I also stated that "All emotions, all human impulses, all choices and thoughts and irrational sensations - everything we experience is perfectly explainable in terms of physical phenomena." Are you claiming that agape and phila are not choices?
Really, your only chance of demonstrating that agape is not a physical process occurring inside the brain is to define agape out of existence.
Davka, when you were a Christian, did you ever debate apologetics with atheists?
I'm just wondering, because I suspect you could have won some arguments even though the Christian case is weaker than the atheist case.