What is "having a consciousness"?

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  1. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    @Sly Yep
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 21, 2012
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  2. DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!! Member

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    @everyone This is a thread about what consuisness is and if we are the only ones with it! Not a discussion if Christianity is a lie (wich it is), so let's get back to the subject of this thread.
    DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!!, Mar 23, 2012
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  3. JosefVStalin El Presidente

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    I thought I gave some incites into consciousnesses. It's General of Cartage's fault who somehow manages to turn every thread he posts in into a surrogate issue for his religious views. He's gotten quite good at it.
    JosefVStalin, Mar 23, 2012
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  4. DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!! Member

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    I know great JosefVStalin but the last 2 pages are about the stupidity of Christians like General of Cartage
    DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!!, Mar 23, 2012
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  5. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    I'm sorry to inform you but this conversation abot christianity has nothing to do with the subject, you just mixed up consciousness and conscience:D.
    The Evil Major, Mar 23, 2012
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  6. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    A. You called me stupid yet you spelled Carthage wrong
    B. Christians are not stupid because they believe in God, I could very well call you stupid for not believing in God.
    C. Do you have evidence to support that Christianity is a lie?

    @The Evil Major Ok, sorry.
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 23, 2012
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  7. The Evil Major Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, just kinda funny that four pages of conversation were done because of that mistake:D
    The Evil Major, Mar 23, 2012
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  8. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    I don't think it would have gotten that many if I hadn't made that mistake.
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 23, 2012
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  9. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    We were arguing over the wrong thing for four pages?!

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    slydessertfox, Mar 23, 2012
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  10. PopePnwer Well-Known Member

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    That's never stopped us before.
    PopePnwer, Mar 23, 2012
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  11. thelistener Well-Known Member

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    I have never watched star trek.......:(
    do I have a soul?
    Do I feel the light internet cable shiver when Chelsea posts a comment? Or the smell of toasts post in the morning (I love that smell BTW)
    I don't know anymore...i am lost...
    i think I don't have a consciousness

    edit: ummm..(awkward) I have no idea what I just said

    Did you know that a "ummm" means something and "ummmm" doesn't
    thelistener, Mar 23, 2012
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  12. PopePnwer Well-Known Member

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    If you can think you don't have a consciousness then you do have consciousness
    PopePnwer, Mar 23, 2012
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  13. thelistener Well-Known Member

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    wtf do you mean I can "think"

    I am you, you are me, we are I, and rest you are they (people from Wales that is)

    you seem like a trust worthy buddy. Do you know were can I find the chives movie night?
    thelistener, Mar 23, 2012
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  14. Chelsea366 Retired Moderator

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    No, if you have never watched Star Trek then you do not.
    Chelsea366, Mar 23, 2012
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  15. PopePnwer Well-Known Member

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    you said think in your post... as for the movie night I've been like half the time you have so nobody's let me in on that...




    I can't quite tell if you're joking or not... I'm on the fence here.
    PopePnwer, Mar 23, 2012
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  16. thelistener Well-Known Member

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    Yea figures........ But I am watching battlestar galactica...so Maybe you could, avoid sending unitrico after me?

    @PopePnwer Yea it was a stupid joke, I am bloody tired so if you will excuse me I shall go and lay down on my floor.
    thelistener, Mar 23, 2012
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    I recommend starting this thread over, but either way here's my opinion:

    I think our consciousness is largely the result of all our bodily systems working together, but I think for sentience to exist there has to be something else. I don't believe in a god or an afterlife, but I do believe in a soul. Not like a personality-imprint sort of thing, just . . . . . .I dunno. I'm currently a little interested in pansentience, or panexperientialism, but I only know enough about it to say its basic idea is "all matter holds some glimmer of sentience."
    shlacka, Mar 27, 2012
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  18. LampRevolt Well-Known Member

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    It's not hard to troll a forum virtually full of atheists.
    LampRevolt, Mar 29, 2012
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  19. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    No one fucking knows and those that pretend to know don't know themselves. And we probably never will know. What is with people asking these impossible questions?

    Or maybe its the denial of atheists to even look at Christian ideas?
    Hell, if you were open to input (as anyone asking a question should be) you'd be willing to consider the theory that God is behind consciousness.
    Karakoran, Mar 29, 2012
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  20. DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!! Member

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    It´s fun
    Well Iused to be a Christian, but after some thinking I believe those ideas are strange
    DUTCHSOCIALIST!!!!, Mar 29, 2012
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