Atheist Zone | Mike Heffner | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/mike/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Mike Heffner. Sat, 30 May 2026 04:47:37 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 224f2cd6ab675c0696ffd929a37a60cc Reg the Fronkey Farmer 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-29573 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:56:33 +0000 @Mike: Its easy to prove the existence of something in the cosmos that is referred to as God by the religious.

I would agree if the wording was changed to:

Its easy to subjectively prove the existence of something in the cosmos that is referred to as God by the religious.

All such experiences are completely subjective because they happen only…[Read more]

]]> 26914f348bce13665b9ec4b9ab99096a Simon Paynton replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/page/2/#post-5954 Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:22:34 +0000 @mike – “You have brought a lower level to a higher level of awareness.”

– 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?

“meditation might answer this question also…look up “loving kindness meditation””

– I think this is definitely the key, and “l…[Read more]

]]> c54b86abff9bf7dc0d888cd49a577457 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Our anxious past in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/our-anxious-past/#post-5914 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:27:32 +0000 @mike – “1. In this regard a fly changing its direction is a level of consciousness, and a nematode moving toward the light is also a level, but just at a lower level.
2. That allows you to think of all organisms, even bacteria, as conscious to some degree.”

– I think it’s better to talk of “information processing” rather than consciousness.  A…[Read more]

]]>