Here's a question for you; what reincarnates?
--- On Sun, 11/30/08, James F. Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: James F. Newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Solid Proof of Reincarnation > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 1:44 PM > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, humans are far from the only animal that > decodes > > nerve impulses into images. If you're going to use > the > > fact that humans do so as an argument for > reincarnation, > > you have to include all animals that do so as > candidates > > for reincarnation. > > Jim::: Good questions. Yes, I do include the animals. In > fact, an > animal which sees images is functioning at a level much > higher than > our best supercomputers. One of the puzzles is how animals > can be such > geniuses at the decoding of nerve impulses level, yet not > be very > intelligent as they exist in the world. > > > Auth::: Second, don't all the senses use some version > of this > > process? It isn't just vision, right? > > Jim::: You are right. I use images because it makes the > discussion > clearer in some ways. But the same applies to any complex > percept, > such as sound, odor, touch, emotion. I even include > meaning, which we > perceive in our minds, but which is subtler than the > sensory input, > > > > Auth::: Third, what happens when you trace this development > > back in time? Does every species of animal start out > > virtually blind, deaf, etc., until its individuals > > have reincarnated enough times to have learned how > > to do the decoding? Seems to me this would be a > > major obstacle to survival at the beginning. > > Jim:::There might be some interplanetary reincarnation when > an > intelligent species has a nuclear or germ warfare war. But > aside from > that, it would, it seems, have to start with a single cell. > What > exactly a beginner consciousness would experiment > interpreting the > chemical flows of a single cell, I don't know. But > single cells do > respond to stimuli with simple behaviors. Where the actual > starting > point is, I don't know. Perhaps consciousness starts > with just > detecting the movements of a few molecules. How > consciousness gets > those seeds started, I don't know. > > Jim > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
