Comments on: Convincing Illusions http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/ and now, a word from our creator Sun, 20 May 2012 04:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: josh http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-15 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:53:11 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-15 > all the experiences of our lives produce an inexorable cascade of chemical reactions in our bodies and brains and ultimately lead to whatever decisions we may reach Since a central reoccurring theme of most major religions in the existence of some sort of extra-universal entity residing within our corporeal existence – e.g. the soul, wouldn’t this both provide a plausible explanation for any given subset of the processes that comprise thought could happen in a sphere beyond our ken – i.e. non-physical processes - as well as inculcate the existence of free will, and not simply a convincing illusion? > all the experiences of our lives produce an inexorable cascade of chemical reactions in our bodies and brains and ultimately lead to whatever decisions we may reach

Since a central reoccurring theme of most major religions in the existence of some sort of extra-universal entity residing within our corporeal existence – e.g. the soul, wouldn’t this both provide a plausible explanation for any given subset of the processes that comprise thought could happen in a sphere beyond our ken – i.e. non-physical processes - as well as inculcate the existence of free will, and not simply a convincing illusion?

]]> by: gglazer http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-12 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:58:06 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-12 God the Watchmaker citing computer science theory is clearly Deus Ex Machina. God the Watchmaker citing computer science theory is clearly Deus Ex Machina.

]]> by: some poor unfortunate soul http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-11 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:15:37 +0000 http://unscriptured.com/2006/10/10/convincing-illusions/#comment-11 Your metaphor is my Mephistopheles.... Your metaphor is my Mephistopheles….

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