[MD] Consciousness

[Platt Holden]

> Platt:
> But, intellect has a blind spot. It often doesn't recognize that its 
> vaunted rational initial premises are faith-based. The scientific 
> worldview, for example, has a religious faith in the idea that mind 
> magically emerged by chance from mindless pond scum. That Jesus
> rose from the dead is equally believable if not more so. In the latter 
> case, there were witnesses.  
> 
> Ron:
> Scholarsgenerally date the synoptic gospels as having been written after
> the epistles of Paul and before the gospel according to John, thus between
> 60 and 115 AD. Paul is regarded as having not met Jesus or witnessing
> Jesus's
>  crucifixion, his conversion took place as he was traveling the road to
> Damascus in a vision.
> 
> the witnessed accounts were at least 50-60 years old before they were
> written, second hand. Not by
> the original witnesses. The authenticity of a "true" account is
> questionable.
> 
> Its as if I wrote a factual eye witness account about WWII from the
> stories told to me by my father who
> were told to him by his father..

Ron:
All accounts of witnesses to events are questionable. People are inclined 
to see what they want to see, believe what they want to believe. So your 
points are well taken. 

Platt