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a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm
If our universe exist because he is consistent
we can imagine other universes with life being way more difficult
how lucky we are to be in our universe
If everything is directed by the laws of our universe
we are just a bunch of organic robot being fooled
we are fooled to be free
fooled to live
why are we even conscious?
we can imagine the same universe filled with the same but unconscious peoples
yet we are all fooled
whats the point?
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm (This post was last modified: August 5, 2012 at 1:06 pm by jonb.)
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If I have understood your question, Albert Camus has answered it.
You do the work.
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:08 pm
(August 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm)laurent Wrote: If our universe exist because he is consistent

who are you talking about?

Quote:we can imagine other universes with life being way more difficult
how lucky we are to be in our universe

In what way more difficult?
Quote:If everything is directed by the laws of our universe
we are just a bunch of organic robot being fooled

fooled by whom?

Quote:we are fooled to be free
fooled to live

What?

Quote:why are we even conscious?

Ah now a question emerges.
Consciousness has emerged because of nature of the evolutionary struggle. Big brains have a survival value and big brains can lead to conciousness. et voila.

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we can imagine the same universe filled with the same but unconscious peoples
yet we are all fooled

Are you high?
Quote:whats the point?
Whats the point of what?



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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:17 pm
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:20 pm
How atheists explain the consciousness? From the atheist point of view being conscious is the equivalent of watching a movie, so how do you explain it scientifically? why are we conscious rather than unconscious?
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:21 pm
(August 5, 2012 at 1:20 pm)laurent Wrote: How atheists explain the consciousness? From the atheist point of view being conscious is the equivalent of watching a movie, so how do you explain it scientifically? why are we conscious rather than unconscious?

Last I checked not all atheists are fucking scientists. So direct your scientific question, TO THE FUCKING SCIENTISTS.
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm
(August 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm)laurent Wrote: If our universe exist because he is consistent
we can imagine other universes with life being way more difficult
how lucky we are to be in our universe
If everything is directed by the laws of our universe
we are just a bunch of organic robot being fooled
we are fooled to be free
fooled to live
why are we even conscious?
we can imagine the same universe filled with the same but unconscious peoples
yet we are all fooled
whats the point?

Bla STFU
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:28 pm (This post was last modified: August 5, 2012 at 1:29 pm by gyuk.)
Quote:In what way more difficult?
more difficult to survive, for example we have quite a lot of water on earth
Quote:fooled by whom?
i don't know that my question if there is not god, no souls, we are just being fooled to live and in reality we just obey to the laws of our universe
so we are sort of fooled by ourself
Quote:Big brains have a survival value and big brains can lead to conciousness. et voila.
ok for the brain but for the consciousness?
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Re: RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:36 pm
(August 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm)laurent Wrote: If our universe exist because he is consistent
we can imagine other universes with life being way more difficult
how lucky we are to be in our universe
If everything is directed by the laws of our universe
we are just a bunch of organic robot being fooled
we are fooled to be free
fooled to live
why are we even conscious?
we can imagine the same universe filled with the same but unconscious peoples
yet we are all fooled
whats the point?

What? Drugs are bad, mmmkay?
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RE: a question for atheists
August 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm
laruent Wrote:If our universe exist because he is consistent
we can imagine other universes with life being way more difficult
how lucky we are to be in our universe
If everything is directed by the laws of our universe
we are just a bunch of organic robot being fooled
we are fooled to be free
fooled to live
why are we even conscious?
we can imagine the same universe filled with the same but unconscious peoples
yet we are all fooled
whats the point?

Being conscious was a beneficial trait for survival of the species, therefore we evolved to have these capabilities.

As for your question as to what's the point, does there have to be one? I admit that I don't know, but it appears that there is no overall point to life. It seems we are merely a by-product of the cosmos and not its end goal, but does that really change things? Whether there is an overall point for our species, we as individuals are still capable of discovering meaning for ourselves as individuals, and to me, that's what matters.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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