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  1. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    And what does this have to do with answering my question exactly? Do they answer it? Can you tell me what it is they answer it as please? Here they are once again for your convenience, if you wish to take a stab at them > "How are you defining mind? How do you define consciousness?" I'll give...
  2. Windwalker

    Did Adam and Eve and animals have genitals before the fall?

    You only have yourself to blame then. :)
  3. Windwalker

    Is Human a kind of animal?

    The impulse to seek food is instinctive. The thoughts about how and where to get it are not. The body "tells" you it's need. It does that instinctively, without you needing to tell it through your active thoughts. "Heart, beat now, now, now, now", etc. If you don't think something like...
  4. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    I agree. And this is to make my point about that brain does not equal mind, or things like personhood. These are nonmaterial in nature, even if they have a material component to them. Think of that like holding a magnifying glass over the ground and focusing the sun's rays to a point. Is the...
  5. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    And, does that actual answer any of my questions? How are you defining mind? How do you define consciousness? Etc. I'm quite well aware of how the brain functions. What does that have to do with the questions?
  6. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    Yes, that is irrational too. Materialism in effect does exactly that. If it doesn't fit in that worldview, it's just silliness and should not be taken seriously. That's as much denialism as the Creationist does when presented with real science. It is not all me whatsoever. There has been...
  7. Windwalker

    Did Adam and Eve and animals have genitals before the fall?

    Who exactly are you talking to? Did you fail utterly to see my post was nothing but tongue in cheek humor? Did you honestly believe I actually believe that nonsense I made up on the fly to make a point about the "true believers"? Why not go back in the links to see what I posted, and pay...
  8. Windwalker

    Did Adam and Eve and animals have genitals before the fall?

    Romans 5:12, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—" 1 Cor. 15:21-22, "For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so...
  9. Windwalker

    Did Adam and Eve and animals have genitals before the fall?

    Hey, I'll bet you I could start a small church with stuff like that. You just say with conviction, and a few poundings on the pulpit, and true believers would be born.
  10. Windwalker

    Did Adam and Eve and animals have genitals before the fall?

    I think the original earth was designed to have just expanded its circumference to accommodate population growth. Eventually it would have been the largest planet in the solar system, larger than Jupiter even, had Adam not sinned. But the auto-grow feature never got tested, so we'll never know...
  11. Windwalker

    Mark of the Beast

    I'm quite certain upon being challenged by other more wiser souls in their day, they would have made a very similar argument in defense of their choice in belief as well. It's not any different. "Yeah, but now we are really in the last days, because..... unlike before, today we see....," said...
  12. Windwalker

    Mark of the Beast

    Have you ever wondered how end times Christians interpreted that for the nearly 2000 years they've been reading that before there was any inkling of modern technologies? Do you think maybe they interpreted it in the context of their worlds, the same as you are yours today? And do you ever wonder...
  13. Windwalker

    Is Human a kind of animal?

    It's something we discovered long before fMRI machines. "I didn't think about what to do, I just acted". That's been self-evident since we first starting walking upright. The lizard brain we have with us always. :)
  14. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    You didn't really address my question. You seem to be equating mind with personhood. Do you believe that dogs and cats have minds? Do they have personhood? You distinguished autonomic systems as a lack of mind, yet clearly the brain must be present in some fashion of these to work, doesn't it...
  15. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    So how are you defining mind here? Since you indicate that if that if there is brain damage or something, that the "person is gone", and nothing more that and "automated husk remaining". Are you saying that mind = personhood, or personality? It appears you are from this comment. Clearly the...
  16. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    The point she was making that you appear to not be getting is that the rules of what qualifies as evidence, is set by those who first establish what can be real or not. The context is first defined by a worldview, not by evidence. Here's the tricky little secret. Science does not evaluate...
  17. Windwalker

    The faith that the brain is the source of mind doesn't hold up

    Because most materialists like to tell you none of what you are seeing is real so you shouldn't respond to it as if it were real, and thus sap the enjoyment out of it for you. "The experience of God is just the brain. Love is just a chemical response." And so forth. "As if" understandings of...
  18. Windwalker

    Is Human a kind of animal?

    Are you serious? Most of what we as humans do is not being done at the level of conscious awareness. For instance, instinctively seeking out food to eat when your body tells you you're hungry. Or something more obvious, like flinching when you hear a loud noise and protecting yourself from...
  19. Windwalker

    Is Human a kind of animal?

    A beaver changing the world is simply the result of a beaver being a beaver. You don't seem to understand that basic distinction that we can and do choose to go against, or change the direction of our programming. Beavers don't do that. Now that's not to say that all human actually exercise the...
  20. Windwalker

    Is Human a kind of animal?

    Well, it doesn't convey exactly the same thing. But what you say is also true. I like to put that truth in a slightly different way that "We are neurotic monkeys with oversized brains." We take those oversized brains and do some really crazy **** with them like hoarding bottle caps, piles of...
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