Atheist Zone | mike | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/ekimat7/activity/ Activity feed for mike. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:18:16 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 90af9340b2667add4419ad27fc7765fb mike started the topic the life of a butterfly is not so bad in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-life-of-a-butterfly-is-not-so-bad/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 02:16:04 +0000 I live the life of a butterfly…

A free spirit: I flutter about,

my desires are honest,

my needs are modest,

of my omniscience,

I am not in doubt… except… I live in my cocoon.

 

It is a nice cocoon. It has just the right temperature all year around. Even when it is too cold outside or too hot, my cocoon feels just-right. When it rains,…[Read more]

]]> 7677d031340230b6faf9b6b4b6d63bac mike replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/lucid-dreaming/#post-29767 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:52:49 +0000 “So when we offer people our thoughts and prayers, is that a form of lucid dreaming?”

Maybe???

My rabbit is named “Harvey” so I can answer this…yes really…I have three rabbits: Pixie, Chichi and Harvey. Harvey is the old one who kept waking me up.

Prayers=mediation=yoga=hallucinogenic experience=NDE=Tapping=Cybernetic Transpo…[Read more]

]]> 057f0dde0a01db905d35ecaccb9c73fa mike replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/lucid-dreaming/#post-29761 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:46:29 +0000 Well now that you mention it…I haven’t given up on the idea…

…Had a burning bush appeared and started talking, had some entity given me some knowledge I could not possibly have learned in this life-time, had I awoken with the power to bring back the dead…I certainly would have posited this as evidence. Unfortunately, the banality of my e…[Read more]

]]> 8514dbed2fee47d3276d3a9be13458b7 mike replied to the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/lucid-dreaming/#post-29759 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:01:56 +0000 Funny you mention a rabbit because that may have had a lot to do with the experience at least this time.

My sleep was disturbed. It was 4 am and one of my rabbits, who is real old and partially paralyzed in the hind-quarters, was in distress. So, I was sleeping in his room for the hour and a half before my alarm went off. Each of the six times I…[Read more]

]]> a2e97cd61e1020b6d9afca55b3e33c13 mike started the topic Lucid Dreaming in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/lucid-dreaming/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:08:05 +0000 I had another lucid-dream last night. I have had them before…but this was not just any lucid-dream: this one was different: illuminating some of the mystery, and answering a profound question; and generating more questions?

Have you ever wondered if you might “not” be “aware” you are dreaming in your lucid dream? You might just be dreamin…[Read more]

]]> 1f4fef404f4691df95faf66db116b194 mike replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-prove-god-exists-ill-resign/page/5/#post-29589 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:34:22 +0000 Yes, good old Deepak…not on my list because he is a person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments using the language of Physics to baffle with bullshit: the ultimate sophist. You can accuse me of that and I would accept the criticism as a “maybe”…because sophistry is sort of like day-dreaming out-loud…isn’t daydreaming allow…[Read more]

]]> 413f7cc13a1a71704ab2af7cb0bf4d2e mike replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-prove-god-exists-ill-resign/page/4/#post-29587 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 06:52:46 +0000 First everything I propose here is based on years of digesting a vast array of podcasts, lectures, debates, studies and books. Nothing I am about to say comes from personal experience. I try to meditate, but never get anywhere…I try hallucinogens, but never enough to achieve a disconnect. I have never had a near-death experience(NDE). However, I…[Read more]

]]> 4313e7a84f399bc06a445372e1b4784b mike replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-prove-god-exists-ill-resign/page/4/#post-29584 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:50:38 +0000 Somehow the main idea I was trying to convey was lost in the abyss of subjective experience. “Cognition and “religious”, “spiritual”, or “hallucinogenic” visions are to people like “air and breathing”. The history of theism is integral to Homo sapiens. The reason we evolved parallel to belief in a higher power is because of this weird ability of…[Read more]

]]> e2de025c8e50e85f00aa949f8eaf0829 mike replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-prove-god-exists-ill-resign/page/4/#post-29575 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 00:49:08 +0000 Ok…very interesting…you have had more experiences of the disconnect sort than anyone I have talked to personally… so when I ask the following questions please be aware I seek only education and in no way am I refuting your experience. The point is then that they are not always reported as subjective…

1: Have you heard about the…[Read more]

]]> db3bfdbb6fa0d1a7fee591e558e4bf0a mike replied to the topic "If you can prove God exists, I'll resign" in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-you-can-prove-god-exists-ill-resign/page/4/#post-29572 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:51:10 +0000 Its easy to prove the existence of something in the cosmos that is referred to as God by the religious. Just take some DMT. Just do a high-dose acid-trip, (Dr. Christopher Bache) or over five grams of magic-mushrooms or peyote. Talk to a Shaman or a Guru: a practitioner of meditation who has achieved nirvana. Just ask the 100,000 people-per-year…[Read more]

]]> c04d55532b0ffa0438e5e263045ad933 mike started the topic LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS in the forum Announcements https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/love-peace-happiness/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:02:03 +0000 LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS
Although elusive and hard to really grasp the essence of, I’m hoping the ephemeral feeling of “love” passes through your being on this special day.
Although merely a word lacking enduring meaning without inaction…”peace” be upon you.
And “happiness”: my favourite word… although simple in meaning; profound in practice;…[Read more]

]]> 6a70fab59d8fa0e4f35b595fe44cff4a mike started the topic Letters to my religious friend...Can we be friends? in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/letters-to-my-religious-friend-can-we-be-friends/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 13:34:31 +0000 Kevin:

I reject large and growing portions of the secular world

Mike:

Its that word “secular” that lost me. Does that mean you would rather sanction radicle Muslims fractions who throw every xir from roof tops or the Christian-white-supremist who shoots up a black church? Would you rather be associated with a Catholic politician like Scheer who…[Read more]

]]> b937db0982d18b1a3e5e35333044e34f mike replied to the topic aliens in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/aliens/#post-28931 Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:29:42 +0000 Thx… Its my new/original theory; but placing it within a fictional tale (even though I believe it to be more plausible than any other alien theory I’ve heard)…I like this technique. It allows you to say just about anything without having to fact check and has just enough reality and truth to make you wonder…

Mike

]]> 14cc383bcba727396d1dc1804d63b4d8 mike started the topic aliens in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/aliens/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:01:24 +0000 Hey there Homo,

Its me: the alien from another galaxy. The only thing is; I’m not an alien, and I’m not from another galaxy. The interesting thing is that you already have all the science to know that, but just never came to the sensible conclusion. That’s right: your Physicists were “bang-on” with their “Laws of Thermodynamics”. Its true; not…[Read more]

]]> c34d1af4996107d50a40fce2529c5a24 mike joined the group Consciousness https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/15375/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 03:13:03 +0000 0 1c5bd60a35ece677015ff9a9f8927ef4 mike replied to the topic consciousness in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/consciousness/page/2/#post-24751 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:18:16 +0000 PopeBeanie wrote:

“When does consciousness start is a big question”

…apparently it starts with a quark… but becomes real obvious in a nervous system…

Check out…

http://www.deanradin.org/

Dr. Dean Radin is the man to go to for any final word on the subject of consciousness…He is at the forefront of consciousness research…remember the dou…[Read more]

]]> f53ef7ad2f31e08ce9e3bb4c6371256b mike started the topic consciousness in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/consciousness/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:41:46 +0000 I have often wondered what it would be like to live the unfettered life of a butterfly. Does a butterfly have self-doubt, worry, guilt, or regret? It seems not. Similarly, a dog’s life might be agreeable; whose greatest concern might be, when will his companion arrive home with something to eat. Does a butterfly or a dog have a consciousness? It i…[Read more]

]]> 6798ff2493599c7997443066961b0d0d mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/page/2/#post-5959 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:53:31 +0000 “– you still haven’t said what it is that is changing: what property or aspect of consciousness goes up or down a continuum. Do you mean, more or less consciously aware, seen, known, identified, thought about.”

In the above example, I have just listed half a dozen states of (changing) awareness = consciousness.
Yes, I mean, more or less con…[Read more]

]]> 4b5032a2968bb68af659593753e884f1 mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/page/2/#post-5956 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:47:53 +0000 “- I feel this idea is confused, because you haven’t said what defines one level as being different from another. “Lower” or “higher” in what way?”

Ok, good point; please allow me to clarify.

Think of a pond in your backyard. As you step in the level will go up, but will change to a lower level when you remove your wet foot. As well, the level…[Read more]

]]> 49007318a7ac939d3145f0af87f276cc mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/page/2/#post-5952 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 01:05:04 +0000 “As for bacterial consciousness, that’s a bit too far back for me to connect with.”

Its not that really far back…yes my model suggest countless levels that go back to the original quantum particles that we are evolved from but…

Perhaps connect this way…let me ask you the same question I asked Simon Paynton…

At what stage does a sperm a…[Read more]

]]> 800e6b91815b092d3e1ecc632b0ef776 mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5950 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:09:01 +0000 It is not that I want consciousness to have “levels”…there just are observable levels. It is a subjective observation, and it is useful only in that it allows us to view what we are not usually aware of, other than in our minds eye.

“I can see that there are levels of conscious awareness”

And I see that you agree too…

so now look a little…[Read more]

]]> b7bc50d27a070a95f29d17fd064693eb mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5921 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:44:42 +0000 Its all conjecture but I think my “levels of consciousness” theory holds some merit philosophers are not picking up on. We, however, might argue about the definition of consciousness. I take a broader philosophical view:
“the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition”
“the state of being awake and aware of one’s…[Read more]

]]> 9d522b6c11db7c24f5f640a9b36bbdc5 mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5911 Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:28:26 +0000 Amen to that Mr. Simon Paynton…I like your way of thinking….
I think the ideas you put forth might be explained by the nature of consciousness…

equating it with free will:
Consciousness is expressed by our biology at different levels. Have you ever noticed that the internal conversation has a loud voice, and an unheard voice? The unheard v…[Read more]

]]> 7d7c74777d9b85affd9d320e36e46a98 mike replied to the topic A letter to God in the forum Advice https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/a-letter-to-god/#post-5881 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:08:15 +0000 Atheist are just willing to accept the nature of the universe. The Laws of Physics dictate reality and not our hallucinations or wishful thinking; resurrection or re-animation, unassisted flight (ascension), reincarnation, virgin birth, a personal God…these are things of delusion; of make-believe…

Ideas approaching a greater understanding of…[Read more]

]]> 7c346e2400d14e5d6b43dc9df43679f4 mike replied to the topic A letter to God in the forum Advice https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/a-letter-to-god/#post-5878 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 01:57:31 +0000 I wrote that as my exorcism after our families thanksgiving get-together; where my niece handed out Bible verses for everyone to read after dinner… I read mine like a champ (chump) and then needed to expel my demons…
It came directly from my bible studies (know thy enemy) :/

]]> da02f5b15612173ac283bead2fbc3e67 mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5874 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:15:09 +0000 … engaging the frontal cortex (thinking logically) reduces anxiety. Perhaps this is to do with how picking up factual information reduces ignorance of the unknown.

I would agree with that. I would add that thinking illogically also reduces anxiety: blind faith serves the same purpose. Unfortunately, disinformation and maintaining ones i…[Read more]

]]> dd9cc7d6e3109d2a6632fc199c621e26 mike replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5873 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:13:20 +0000 Do you think that human primates are/were any more alert to danger than other species of animals?

We had a common ancestor: a cousin that survived because of that trait…my guess is that this organism might have looked fish-like before it had the amount of neurons necessary to make cognitive predictions. I would bet that the trait developed w…[Read more]

]]> 7fd397989abba3fefef7f8faf8ab72ea mike started the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:46:57 +0000 Speaking of anxiety; think for a second about the life of our common ancestor Lucy, three million years ago. She was diminutive and weak, compared to other primates at the time: she had no claws, no vicious teeth and soft, easily damageable skin. Her body hair was disappearing: looking like she was going through a case of mangy,…[Read more]

]]> b126b3678bbcab7d6836247e7fdb907f mike started the topic A letter to God in the forum Advice https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/a-letter-to-god/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:03:11 +0000 A LETTER TO GOD
Dear God,
I know you are very busy: your inbox must be quite full of prayers. Luckily you do the “all knowing”, telepathic thing, so not all people have to write you…because five billion sheets of copy paper; that would form a stack 306 miles high, is a bit tough to get through in any day. Considering there are around two trill…[Read more]

]]> fe625c21e8558041484ad5c23e672e0b mike posted an update: A LETTER TO GOD Dear God, I know you are very busy: your […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/8470/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:36:15 +0000 A LETTER TO GOD
Dear God,
I know you are very busy: your inbox must be quite full of prayers. Luckily you do the “all knowing”, telepathic thing, so not all people have to write you…because five billion sheets of copy paper; that would form a stack 306 miles high, is a bit tough to get through in any day. Considering there are around two trill…[Read more]

]]> 0 86b3de2e7906f3fbd05d8cc8c32af2f2 mike became a registered member https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/8468/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:29:01 +0000 0