VXIII said:
Thoughts / ideas, emotions, feelings, they all exist but no one can prove that they do. |
Erm... you can. Thoughts are electromagnetic pulses through the brain cells. We dont yet have the technology to determine what exactly the thought was but we can prove when you are thinking and not (there is even technology that already exists that can guide a wheel chair by reading your thoughts. Whatch brave new world with stephen hawking if you want to see it). Emotions are chemical reactions within your body (for example hormone levels rise with love), you can detect them taking out blood samples and analysing or any matter of test i am not familiar with as i dont study medicine. There are actually hormones called dopamine and timine (not sure about the name of this one) that you generate wether you are having positive or negative feelings.
Really, ignorance seems to be the only precursor for religion. If we all strive to learn, we will all realise how unproductive religion is in the grand scheme. Its nothing but the fear of death that fuels it. But wether you lie to your self or not, there really is no escaping the reality.
We can all hope for a higher life form that created us and will save us come death time. I hope such an entitiy exists as im sure everyone else does. But, you have to be able to face the fact and know that that possibility is extremely remote. And what, do you think theres a bug heaven aswell? Why are we more important than the bugs? We are not the center of the universe, we are really nothing but bugs when you look at the big picture of the cosmos. Thinking we are special is an act of extreme arrogance, even if understandable.
