2012/8/23 John Clark <[email protected]> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you are a materialist, rejecting God is a perfectly sensible thing >> to do. >> > > Correct. > > > But materialism is bad philosophy, since it ignores the ontological >> firewall between mind and matter. >> > > I make changes in the matter of your brain and your mind changes. When > your mind changes, such as when you figure the coffee cup should be at > your lips and not on the table the position of the matter in the coffee cup > changes. That's sounds like a pretty BAD firewall, even Microsoft can make > a better firewall than that! > > >> > Naturally, it cannot solve the mind/body problem >> > > The hardest part of the mind/body problem is figuring out exactly what > the mind/body problem is >
An explanation on how consciousness arises in the body. > and what "solving" it is supposed to mean. > Know how consciousness works and how it is related to the physical body. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_problem Quentin > > > and has no clue what mind or God is, >> > > God is dog spelled backward. > > > but demands proof of any religious statement or concept. >> > > Science has explained a lot of things, it's true it hasn't explained > everything but it's explained a lot, so I don't understand why embracing > religion is supposed to help when RELIGION CAN'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING. Science > can't explain everything so you want to switch to something that can't > explain anything. It's nuts. > > > Is that hypocracy or what ? >> > > Its not hypocrisy so it must be what. > > John K Clark > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
