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[PhilStubbs]

I don't get into girly flavored coffee, but I do like their regular iced coffee in the summer time.

[Jorsher]

Ignoring the fact that the idea we cannot synthetically create life is completely false (thanks Google).  Complex biological processes do not prove god exists any more than they prove OCZC exists.  Using something that we can't explain or recreate (although in the case of life, we can recreate and explain it) is never evidence of god.  Don't forget humans used to believe the earth was flat, the center of the universe, the sun was a god, etc -- and a lot of that shit was believed around the time the stupid bible was written.

A soul?  If a soul truly existed, neurological disorders would be nonexistent.  A soul is this magical "thing" that just exists in side of you and was gifted by god.  It shouldn't be effected by the physical realm, yet it is.  In reality, your brain is just an immensely complex chemical reaction that we haven't completely figured out, but there is a lot of progress being made.  Sorry, but you have no soul, you're "soul" is just the state of your brain and a product of your environment and experiences.

The problem with matter in general is that we have no way what so ever to know of any intrinsic properties of the matter. This is the problem with consciousness and "souls". You can assume that the brain is nothing more than a lot of different external chemical reactions, but to explain the experience of the aboutness of consciousness (something that exists internally within matter) you need something other than an outward physical description of the matter itself.

Either way, there's nothing magic about it.  We just are limited.

Relevant http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness.html

[Jorsher]

I don't get into girly flavored coffee, but I do like their regular iced coffee in the summer time.

Yeah, fuck stuff that tastes good!  That's why I drink shitty beer.

[rawr]

Ignoring the fact that the idea we cannot synthetically create life is completely false (thanks Google).  Complex biological processes do not prove god exists any more than they prove OCZC exists.  Using something that we can't explain or recreate (although in the case of life, we can recreate and explain it) is never evidence of god.  Don't forget humans used to believe the earth was flat, the center of the universe, the sun was a god, etc -- and a lot of that shit was believed around the time the stupid bible was written.

A soul?  If a soul truly existed, neurological disorders would be nonexistent.  A soul is this magical "thing" that just exists in side of you and was gifted by god.  It shouldn't be effected by the physical realm, yet it is.  In reality, your brain is just an immensely complex chemical reaction that we haven't completely figured out, but there is a lot of progress being made.  Sorry, but you have no soul, you're "soul" is just the state of your brain and a product of your environment and experiences.

The problem with matter in general is that we have no way what so ever to know of any intrinsic properties of the matter. This is the problem with consciousness and "souls". You can assume that the brain is nothing more than a lot of different external chemical reactions, but to explain the experience of the aboutness of consciousness (something that exists internally within matter) you need something other than an outward physical description of the matter itself.

Either way, there's nothing magic about it.  We just are limited.

Relevant http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness.html

This is kant for dummies. It's all about synthesis.

Kritik der Reinen Vernunft OR DIE

[SloS13]

The problem with matter in general is that we have no way what so ever to know of any intrinsic properties of the matter. This is the problem with consciousness and "souls". You can assume that the brain is nothing more than a lot of different external chemical reactions, but to explain the experience of the aboutness of consciousness (something that exists internally within matter) you need something other than an outward physical description of the matter itself.

Give it time, science will figure it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps

[Hotrodlincoln]

Proof that god exists.
 http://m.people.com/newsitem.rbml?item=20552173&feed=2%5Burl%3DdlUrl%5D&dlUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Fmediarss%2Fmobile%2Farticle%2F0%252C%252C20552173%252C00.xml

[92CXyD]

Proof that god exists.
 http://m.people.com/newsitem.rbml?item=20552173&feed=2%5Burl%3DdlUrl%5D&dlUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Fmediarss%2Fmobile%2Farticle%2F0%252C%252C20552173%252C00.xml

I was expecting a trisomy 21 baby news to give them years of work and anguish. 

Corky would be the perfect name for the kid.

[Joseph Davis]

Proof that god exists.
 http://m.people.com/newsitem.rbml?item=20552173&feed=2%5Burl%3DdlUrl%5D&dlUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Fmediarss%2Fmobile%2Farticle%2F0%252C%252C20552173%252C00.xml

I was expecting a trisomy 21 baby news to give them years of work and anguish. 

Corky would be the perfect name for the kid.

Corky Jr.