Comments on: The Key to Happiness http://atheology.com/2007/03/16/the-key-to-happiness/ n. against God or gods, anti-theology, the defense of naturalism Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rastaban http://atheology.com/2007/03/16/the-key-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Rastaban Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:29:21 +0000 http://atheology.com/2007/03/16/the-key-to-happiness/#comment-98 What I posted was pretty short on supporting evidence. I plan to post something fairly soon (hopefully) that looks at brain studies. As you indicate, those studies hint strongly that the mind is not a rider controlling the body but rather something the body creates for its own purposes -- which of course are <em>our</em> purposes since we <em>are</em> our bodies. I don't know that I would say the mind is a mere "flea along for the ride", since it undoubtedly has an important role. But your point is made: my mind/consciousness is not "me". I am body + it's mind/consciousness. As Walt Whitman would say, "I am large. I contain multitudes." (Ok, maybe Walt was talking about something else.) What I posted was pretty short on supporting evidence. I plan to post something fairly soon (hopefully) that looks at brain studies. As you indicate, those studies hint strongly that the mind is not a rider controlling the body but rather something the body creates for its own purposes — which of course are our purposes since we are our bodies. I don’t know that I would say the mind is a mere “flea along for the ride”, since it undoubtedly has an important role. But your point is made: my mind/consciousness is not “me”. I am body + it’s mind/consciousness. As Walt Whitman would say, “I am large. I contain multitudes.” (Ok, maybe Walt was talking about something else.)

]]> By: ursa major http://atheology.com/2007/03/16/the-key-to-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-97 ursa major Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:36:50 +0000 http://atheology.com/2007/03/16/the-key-to-happiness/#comment-97 from this it follows that since our finite nature can not be as a mind that it is impossible for there to be an infinite mind. since we are bodies, god - to exist- must be a body. where is gods' body? no where. OK, so i am tired and do not feel like fleshing things out. but you did not even mention that the evidence form EEG studies, evoked potential, functional MRIs and all that, is that we make our decisions a moment before we become aware of them. though 'mind' apparrently has some valuable (if over rated) function; mind seems to be not so much the rider on the horse, but the flea along for the ride which is only aware of part of the horse it hangs on to. from this it follows that since our finite nature can not be as a mind that it is impossible for there to be an infinite mind. since we are bodies, god – to exist- must be a body. where is gods’ body? no where. OK, so i am tired and do not feel like fleshing things out.

but you did not even mention that the evidence form EEG studies, evoked potential, functional MRIs and all that, is that we make our decisions a moment before we become aware of them. though ‘mind’ apparrently has some valuable (if over rated) function; mind seems to be not so much the rider on the horse, but the flea along for the ride which is only aware of part of the horse it hangs on to.

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