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Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess

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May 11, 2013, 2:52:15 AM5/11/13
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:06:35 -0700
Jeanne Douglas <hlwd...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> In article <klmei3$ugb$1...@os.motzarella.org>,
> "Oleg Smirnov" <ve...@gde.ru> wrote:
>
> > In more direct words, a soul (synonymous to consciousness)
>
> Based on what evidence?
>
> Oh, yeah, I really don't think you want them to be the same because
> consciousness is nothing more than an emergent property of the brain.
> Once the brain switches off, the consciousness is gone.

Ha ha! Actually, I was thinking of something entirely different when I
read that subject line:

Source: http://www.atheistfrontier.com/faq/clever.pl

Q. When did the human species receive the first soul?

A. Soul, which was created by musicians, was given to the human species
in c. 1970 CE.

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Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess
"... Imagine there's no countries ... And no religion too ..."
-- John Lennon ("Imagine")

Dakota

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May 11, 2013, 3:10:54 AM5/11/13
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On 5/11/2013 1:52 AM, Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess
wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:06:35 -0700
> Jeanne Douglas <hlwd...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <klmei3$ugb$1...@os.motzarella.org>,
>> "Oleg Smirnov" <ve...@gde.ru> wrote:
>>
>>> In more direct words, a soul (synonymous to consciousness)
>>
>> Based on what evidence?
>>
>> Oh, yeah, I really don't think you want them to be the same because
>> consciousness is nothing more than an emergent property of the brain.
>> Once the brain switches off, the consciousness is gone.
>
> Ha ha! Actually, I was thinking of something entirely different when I
> read that subject line:
>
> Source: http://www.atheistfrontier.com/faq/clever.pl
>
> Q. When did the human species receive the first soul?
>
> A. Soul, which was created by musicians, was given to the human species
> in c. 1970 CE.
>
I didn't care so much for the music but I enjoyed soul food which
should not be confused with what some theists call food for the soul.

linuxgal

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May 11, 2013, 9:35:15 AM5/11/13
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Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess wrote:
> Q. When did the human species receive the first soul?
>
> A. Soul, which was created by musicians, was given to the human species
> in c. 1970 CE.

"Lots of people talking, few of them knew, soul of a woman was created
below." - Zep

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Halftime at Circvs Maximvs, and the Lions lead the Christians 326-0

Oleg Smirnov

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May 11, 2013, 6:14:40 PM5/11/13
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> Jeanne Douglas <hlwd...@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <klmei3$ugb$1...@os.motzarella.org>,
>> "Oleg Smirnov" <ve...@gde.ru> wrote:
>>
>>> In more direct words, a soul (synonymous to
>>> consciousness)
>>
>> Based on what evidence?
>>
>> Oh, yeah, I really don't think you want them to be the
>> same because consciousness is nothing more than an
>> emergent property of the brain. Once the brain switches
>> off, the consciousness is gone.

Oh ma'am you'd still learn this first.
<http://tinyurl.com/evidence-and-existence>
In addition to that you should learn about
logical necessity and sufficiency, and why
correlation doesn't imply causation.
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