Tuesday, August 21, 2012



Many atheist laugh at the idea that God formed man from the dust of the earth and then breathed life into him. Initially, it does sound to be an old tale or fable brought on before the age of science. I recently heard a interview with dr neil degrasse tyson where he was asked what he thought was the most astounding fact. His reply, " that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, ’cause they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars" Interesting, right?So, its somehow crazy to say we came from the earth, but when tyson talks about stars blowing up and then the atoms forming into people, then its just... cool?

One thing everyone will agree on, when you die, and your last living breath comes out of your body, you will be buried in the ground and over time, your body will turn to dust.

Dr. Tyson's said in the interview that the universe is made from elements, like hydrogen, oxygen, carbon etc. We find these element on earth and in our own bodies. I find it quite interesting this the bible and science are in agreement here, we came from the dust of the earth.
So that lead me to my next question for you; What is the difference between a alive person, and a dead person? If you were to evaluate them, they both contain all the same elements, Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon etc and all these elements are joined together in the same fashion to make up the same organs, same parts, same everything. Yet one body can think, see, reason, love, breath, move... it has consciousness. Science still cant explain what consciousness really is. They cant duplicate it, they cant give it to machines, they cant bring it back to creatures that have lost it. 
So what is it? Its more than just neurons firing in our brains. If you think about it, it really is quite supernatural. One of my hobbies was to build computers, buy a hard drive, some ram, a motherboard, processor, power supply and a case and like magic you have a computer! Actually no, its not magic, although complex and intricate, its all explainable and duplicatable. We know some of how the brain is made up, and we know some of how it function. We even can duplicate some of its signals, but science has no idea how it thinks, stores info, or has consciousness. Rocks dont have it, trees dont have it, water doesn't have it, yet we contain all the same elements and we do.
Think about this, what was the first thing to evolve consciousness?
why did it evolve consciousness?
How did it live before with no consciousness?
Is consciousness even related to genes thus able to come into existence from a mutation?
Can something live without consciousness?

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