[Ham] Therefore, why should I have to explain it to Arlo, of all people, who doesn't accept a primary source, proprietary consciousness, or Value as man's realization of a transcendent Reality?
[Arlo] Yeah, why should your metaphysics explain anything? Much better to bury your head in the sand when bothersome questions arise. Again, here you use "proprietary consciousness". Its part of YOUR metaphysics. So I ask, was there ever a time when "proprietary consciousness" did not exist? If so, WHAT CHANGED in between "did not exist" and "did exist"? How did it come into being? You've discounted (repeatedly) genetics and social processes. What does that leave? Did one primate wake up one day suddenly bestowed with the Great Gift of "Proprietary Consciousness" given by a "Primary Source" who needed to be loved? Really? If that's your idea of a "metaphysics", no need to explain further to anyone. And now I'll give you another opportunity to answer this one. Has "proprietary consciousness" evolved over historic time? Yes or no. Does "proprietary consciousness" evolve over the lifespan of the human organism from neonate to senior citizen? Or is "proprietary consciousness" an unchanging, unevolving thing? "Man's transcendent reality"? You mean his soul. Why the hell don't you just say it? You got your needy "God" poofing consciousness into the cosmos, updating it for successive generations, and now this consciousness is not part of the natural world, it is "transcendent". Here's a follow up on that for you. Is this "transcendent reality" connected to man's body? How? Does it float nearby? Does my "transcendent reality" precede my conception? If no, then how does a "transcendent reality" suddenly appear when a man's sperm boinks into a female's egg? Is it because of something in the DNA? Or does "God" just know to poof it into us because we are his children sent to adore him? I know, I know... don't ask, just believe. Metaphysics... please. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
