Re: Mind's Eye Re: Life

The we disagree again RP.  Unless you and I have differing concepts on what consciousness is?  My cats are conscious, would they have an understanding of God as a human does?  I suspect not, but they are surely conscious creatures.  It may be that I infer I am currently in discourse with another conscious entity, but I'd rather say it is empirically correct that I am doing so rather than it is an inference that I can make.  After all are we not members of the same species?  Without being too general, I think such inferences that I can make about myself as a human must also hold true for other humans.  I must breathe to live, so can I infer that others of my species must also do the same, or can I claim knowledge that it is true?

I get what you mean of course, I can ever only really say I think, therefore I am.  However when an inference takes place day in and day out, I think it better to regard such 'truth' as knowledge.  Thus I know you are conscious, as you are human, and I know I am conscious.  My cats show all the signs of being conscious  and indeed as you would expect of conscious beings. the both exhibit different attitudes and personalities.

So once again we are back to the following two questions.  What do you mean by 'being', and at what level of 'consciousness' does this proof of yours need to be, to be proof?

On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:20:34 UTC+1, RP Singh wrote:

As far as a person is concerned , there is only one consciousness ,
that is , his. Others are inferred, as also the existence of god.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Lee Douglas <leerev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Meh! I know plankton exist, is it conscious, or would you not call it a
> being?  Or perhaps we can discuss levels of consciousness?  Nope I can't get
> with this argument RP, far too many holes in it.
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>> Conscious beings are a proof of God because otherwise an unconscious Being
>> could not be said to exist. Existence is the seed which finds its growth in
>> life.
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