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Richard Swinburne – Does Human Consciousness have Special Purpose?



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Scientists say our consciousness is the product of our brains, with purposes set by evolutionary fitness. Theologians believe our consciousness reflects the God who created it, with majestic purpose of eternal life. Mystics hold my consciousness is a drop in the ocean of cosmic consciousness, with cycles and return. For sure, consciousness is a test case.

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  1. So it's fair to say that the universe is something that consciousness creates for itself as an arena for it's expression and life is something that consciousness creates for itself as a means for that expression.

  2. It's true that using a deity to fill gaps in understanding isn't good science, but it also isn't good science to neglect the exploration of the idea that God may exist; when we have no clear evidence of a God not existing. Consciousness is only a result of the physical world, but the physical world is mostly unknown. Especially at the most fundamental level. String theory suggests that our universe may have 11 dimensions, yet we only see 3 (plus 1 of time). Maybe our "soul" is a very real; inter-dimensional state of being. A state of being that runs deeper into the universe then what we now know.

  3. There is consciousness and then there is Consciousness.

    consciousness has many levels.
    Consciousness has no levels.

    consciousness is a chemical mechanical process of the brain.

    consciousness is a bundle of memory.

    consciousness is the movement of the I, the me, the self, the observer, the experiencer, the interpreter, the controller, the chooser, the censor, the meditator, which is an illusion invented from the past conditioning of the brain.

    consciousness invents reality.
    Consciousness is the movement of Truth.

    Total Freedom from consciousness is the beginning of Consciousness.

    Consciousness is the movement of Inner Silent Space.

    When there is Consciousness, there is Perceiving without the lens of memories. It is Perceiving without the perceiver.

    This Consciousness is what we call Heart, Soul, Spirit.

    Then and only then is there Love, Peace, Joy, Goodness, Kindness, Compassion (Passion for All), Beauty, Creativity, Feeling, ExperiencING, Lucidity, Truth, and Wisdom.

    Then and only then is there Communication, Communion, Connection, Relationship with everyone and everything, for the very first time, in each and every moment of daily life.

  4. If you really want to know what is the fundamental nature of the world, never ask a Christian apologist. It is clear that he is biased towards his ideology and will defend it until the end. You have to ask open-minded philosophers like Chalmers (as you did), since he didn't begin with a bias and then found evidence to support it. Rather, he first investigated all possibilities and found a view that is more likely than others.

    Never trust religious apologists.

  5. Prespective of quantum particle, we are a Quantum Universe which exists everywhere to which no law applies.

    Thinking is a state of consciousness.
    No law applies to thinking.

    Thinking means, experiencing.work of consciousness.

    We are being experienced from the prespective of consciousness.

    Death is no such thing, meaningless event.
    Prespective of consciousness.
    Because, after death ? We will find overselves in the whole universe as consciousness.

    Because, thinking is a state of consciousness.
    At the moment we are experiencing through this body.

    Creation has no meaning without experience.
    Prespective of consciousness whatever is happening is happening in nothingnes.

    Past present future running in nothingness.

    Because, no law applies to consciousness.

    The universe (form of quantum reyality creation) is experiencing itself.
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    Whatever happens in the world is at the will of humans.
    Our prayer are fulfilled through God, this too is the thinking of humans.
    Prayer =form of think, thinking is a state of consciousness.

    Those species which are not in the stage of advance intellect, their desires come out in the form of energy, so their desires are fulfilled.

    Thinking is a state of consciousness.
    Please recognize your thinking ability.
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    The body that we think of overselves and experience through it. Alien can also experience him.

    Human always live in past as a memory.
    Human always ready to pleasure.
    Sex, smoke,f..k, drink, Drugs, dominat other is a state of present moment Intoxicantion.

    Which is not controlled by humans.
    Alien get Intoxicated by this present moment through humans.

    In the energy from,alien are in our body, we can identify them.

    This Intoxicating hunger comes out of our entire body till it ends.

    Without any rituals any human being is like a Intoxicantion tools for the Extraterrestrial.

    Extraterrestrial makes any kind of intoxication by him till his death.

    Alien have been ruling the Earth for thousand of years in the name of religion.
    They always gave us an image and they want to stay connected with us through the same image.

    Fallan angel, different brands of God's image.

    All heavenly religius books=life is a better way to live and measures to avoid the devil things (own devil)

    All heavenly religius books God of some chosen people=the God who is the creator of the whole creation and has created a religion for a few specially chosen people concept created by alien.

    With all the civilizations that have gone extinct in thousands of years their God also became extinct

  6. This is an example of when a really clear intellect becomes an obstacle to the realization that all of this thinking and all other THINGS are appearing inside of consciousness awake to itself.
    This CANNOT be realized by the individual mind , but the mind , once the experience of pure consciousness is realized can attempt to comment on this seeming contradiction.

  7. Emotionally I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time. —Isaac Asimov, Free Inquiry, Spring 1982

    Most of the greatest scientists of the past 100 years have been agnostics, skeptics, or atheists. Why? Because the arguments given trying to prove God exists are (1) weak or (2) contradictory or (3) taken from holy books or (4) not believed and followed and practiced by 99.9% of humans through many millennia. Millions of people today believe in UFOs and God…and yet there is no evidence of UFOs or God. Science goes by facts and evidence.
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  8. Yes consciousness is not an illusion but is naturalist referring to consciousness outside of naturalism or consciousness within naturalism? Within or outside of ideology? Must choose a language. "Consciousnesses" within either of these won't mean the same as it does in the other. Yes it's possible to connect to Christian God but Naturalist isn't referring to consciousness, soul or God! Naturalism(idea) is what blocks the connection(being). Naturalism is mis-reference rerouting the connection to conceptualize it and in the process destroys it. The connection to God is not a concept, it exists outside idea, outside of self-categorization. To connect to God, naturalist must not try to equate (relate or find common denominator as if it was matter of principle rather than act of personality) knowledge with nature but do the exact opposite: "inequate" or "separate"… as you're not separating your being but your awareness from your being/soul. The border between truth and fallacy is truth, fact and fiction isn't separated by CONCEPT or PRINCIPLE but PERSON. "Naturalism" is the ideology that blocks access to reality. "Naturalism" is super-naturalism proper from Christian perspective. Naturalism is formed by equating subject with object = concept (mind-set). Any questions Robert? : )
    ps. Just because a person cannot find a category for soul, that doesn't mean that soul doesn't exist. It only means that soul doesn't have category. How? Why not? Because it is TRUTH. (Spirit of Truth). And truth doesn't and cannot have category – something in common – with the opposite of Truth!

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