Thorham

Proof?

I'm not wasting my time with utter drivel written by a bunch of goat herding savages thousands of years ago.

Somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

That's not how Christianity works.

Except if you don't believe, of course. Then you're simply off to hell for all eternity

Yeah, of course, but creator beings don't have to be omnipotent gods if they exist. They could simply be beings with greater abilities than our own, and just like we make things out of available materials, so do they. The difference would be that the materials they have available are more fundamental than the materials we have available. No need for nonsense like omnipotence, etc. That is, if they exist, of course, and I have no way of knowing that. The way I see potential creator beings is, however, reasonably down to earth and doesn't seem farfetched. The lack of evidence just means we can't do anything with this kind of thinking in science, but it certainly doesn't make any of it impossible.

The potential absence of a creator being doesn't imply a chaotic initial state of reality, while absolute nothingness just seems down right impossible. There has always been something. We just don't know what it is, nor do we know what state it was in. 1. It's unknown whether or not magic is necessary at some level that we can't observe yet. 2. A creator being doesn't imply magic. 3. It's unknown whether or not magic exists. A creator being could've designed an evolutionary system.

Oh dear indeed I didn't have 'a negative experience' with cannabis, I was a reasonably heavy user for years. Furthermore, I didn't say it doesn't have beneficial effects, I claimed it's not healthy. Beneficial medicinal properties don't imply that something is healthy. Many medical drugs work as advertised, so they certainly have beneficial medicinal properties, but that doesn't mean that many of them don't have undesirable side effects. Drugs aren't healthy, beneficial medicinal properties or not.

Cannabis is NOT good for you. I've used that junk for years, and it hasn't done me any good. It may indeed have medicinal properties, but so does chemotherapy, so that doesn't say much (chemotherapy is undoubtedly much worse, of course). Obviously I'm not talking about casual use. Heavy cannabis use isn't healthy, especially when smoking. Comes from experience.

Indeed. Smoking cannabis is only good for polluting the lungs.

Lack of evidence of a creator being's existence or non-existence leads me to say that I don't know. What I do know is that beings capable of creating universes don't need holy books filled with utter nonsense to try and convince anyone to believe in them.

Of course, but I'm referring to the negative meaning of the word:

Living for the sake of living Not for me. Feelings make life worth living. Without them you might as well be dead.

What's the point of living if you feel nothing?

What about pride, then? Serves no purpose other then to bloat one's ego.

I certainly have no use for jealousy.

Perhaps I'm mixing up the meaning of consciousness and awareness.

No, I'm not. I have plenty of dreams where I'm quite aware of what's happening. In rare cases I'm also in control of what I'm doing. This isn't extremely rare, and has undoubtedly been documented.

Yes. Humans are one example. Possibly other species as well.

All of them, except nonsense like jealousy and pride.

Not all dreams are unconscious experiences. If they where, you wouldn't remember any of them after waking up.

The death penalty is most certainly unethical. It's a savage practice that doesn't belong in the civilized world.

It's an important thing to keep in mind, because it shows a limitation of science.

Would not use, because there's no point in relearning.

You can't generate true random numbers through computation, but you can add true random number generators to computers.