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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (5235)12/20/2000 11:49:23 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
I think I disagree with what you are saying- autonomic responses are still "you" they are just you at a very deep level- you are the sum of you- you can't say that simply because you don't control your breathing completely, or your digestion- with your CONSCIOUS- that it isn't you- or that it isn't all one sum total of the action of the viewer. "You" are your neurons - and your neurons ARE controlling your autonomic responses. Even if the "you" who you think you are, is completely determined by the you that is built into your brain (a more mechanistic you- which lies beneath the surface of the seemingly free volitional you) you are still you, and you are including in you, even those things that are you but beyond your conscious control- the ONLY thing some people are leaving out is the idea that this is part of them- I grant you that idea changes one's perspective- but whether or not "you" include that idea in your repertoire you are still you.

But perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying.
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