Originally Posted by Bristoe
Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
Evil lurks in the heart of every man. Education is the key to man overcoming that evil. Religion is ONE form of education which can do so.

A human can't educate himself enough to not be human. Religion can educate a man on what his human failings are and it can encourage him to minimize them to the extent possible.

But no form education can fix the human condition.

It's a heady subject that takes a bit of pondering. It makes sense to an extent once one realizes that his human brain isn't producing his consciousness.

Very many people have inadvertently discovered that their consciousness exists independently of their brain.

They never think about things the same afterwards.
We will have to agree to disagree. I know a dog or a horse or a cow have no conciousness. Not so sure about porpois, whales, and elephants.

I know a human develops a conscience as he matures after birth. I know that conscience fades away to nothingness and is no more as soon as electrons quit flowing in the brain.

You believe otherwise. That's okay. I would not try to convince you otherwise. The attempt would be to no avail anyway.

We will just have to agree to disagree.


People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.