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AlbertCat

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11. I suppose there might be some kind of "cosmic consciousness" that could be called "god" in one sense
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:20 PM
Mar 2015

But the problem there, as concerns religions, is that is not a definition of "god". That character is not in the book.

And now you have to define "consciousness"....which is a bitch.

And since there is as much evidence for "CC" as there is for "god"....it too is simply not worth worrying about.

I find anything "supernatural" to be profoundly unsatisfying and unimaginative compared to the real things science shows us. I mean, who doesn't like a good ghost story? But to consider ghosts real is ridiculous. I just reject the supernatural.... because if it exists in this universe, and we can detect it somehow.... it is natural. If we cannot detect it somehow.... see it, feel it, see its reaction on something else.... then what good is it? I mean, if it's not "there"...it's not there.

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Until the last statement, Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #1
I know some atheists who are not antitheist. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #2
A lot of atheists are not antitheists. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #3
But we do have evidence edhopper Mar 2015 #4
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #14
My evidence that the Bible is not divinely inspired... Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #9
Not to mention.... AlbertCat Mar 2015 #10
Difference between Atheist and Antitheist LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #5
Some of my best friends are theists Cartoonist Mar 2015 #6
When you said: LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #7
Yes! That's one distinction I forgot to mention. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #8
I suppose there might be some kind of "cosmic consciousness" that could be called "god" in one sense AlbertCat Mar 2015 #11
That's why I call it philosophical speculation Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #15
I do not believe in those things. AlbertCat Mar 2015 #17
You lost me with NDE, but then you fell down a pit with atheist v antitheist. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #12
Let me clarify, then. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #16
I have a different take on it Lordquinton Mar 2015 #13
Science: Men, Methods, Goals SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #18
Science != Philosophical speculation. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #19
You saying so does not make it so SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #20
Whatever. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #21
ok SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #22
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