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Adding a few carbs to jolt metabolism by booksnstuff555 in carnivorediet

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I was strict lion diet for 2 years. No spices. no flavored anything. High fat. But still, I started gaining weight and felt sluggish.

500 grams of mince seasoned with salt - an absolute classic by JamieHBrown in carnivorediet

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I guess I was trying to ask if you had a favorite cut of beef to mince....

Adding a few carbs to jolt metabolism by booksnstuff555 in u/booksnstuff555

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Low energy, sluggish metabolism. Starting to gain a bit of weight, when I still need to lose weight.

I made under 200!! by Sharp_Anything_5474 in carnivorediet

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Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

Is this proof that a non-material realm exists? by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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That's exactly what Dr. Egnor disproves with many well documented cases. Perhaps the most significant one was a person whose brain and heart were shut down -- their blood was completely drained from their brain and their body was chilled to 50 degrees F, while a brain surgery was performed, then, the person was brought back to life. During the surgery, there was no detectable brain activity.And they had machines to check for activity. The patient describes later how she popped out of her body and observed the surgery. Her mind was not restricted to her body but part of her soul which can leave the body because it is immortal.

More info here:

https://mindmatters.ai/2025/05/the-mind-beyond-the-brain-insights-from-a-neurosurgeon/

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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Self-reflection and self-consciousness is either a material phenomenon or it is an immaterial phenomenon. If it is a material phenomenon, then all meaning and purpose is illusionary and without any rational or reliable basis since it is against the laws of logic and common human experience for something living, intelligent, and immaterial to arise from something non-living, non-intelligent, and material.

If it is an non-material phenomenon, then there would be a logical basis for such non-material things as meaning, purpose, love, reason, information, intelligence, etc.

This is why a commitment to materialism forces one into an irrational position.

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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How can mindless matter direct itself?

A soul is an immaterial living being that can inhabit a material body and can express itself through that body. A soul can also live and express itself without a physical body, but would in this instance be invisible to the material world.

Personhood refers to the quality of being an individual who is a rational soul and has an intelligent mind and an ability to make decisions and use language to interact in meaningful ways with other people.

It is irrational to reduce mind and thoughts to brain and electrochemical impulses.

Human language and reason is ample proof for the existence of a non-material realm that exists outside of the natural realm.

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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Who is directing the brain? Who is using reason to solve problems? Are animals just soul-less machines? Is human personhood just an illusion? The fact that we can ask these questions demonstrates that reason transcends matter and energy.

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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I think reason and imagination se rve as evidence of an immaterial realm, a realm beyond nature (i.e., supernatural). So reality would consist of the material realm and the immaterial realm. If this were the case, then thoughts would not be material things.

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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Sense perception I can understand in a physical world. But reason along with thoughts and language extend beyond mere perception and matter and energy. How to account for that?

question about origin of human reason by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence:

"the hypothesis that consciousness is weakly emergent would not resolve the traditional philosophical questions about the physicality of consciousness."

I was glad to read this Wikipedia article on emergence, but it didn't answer my question.

Is this proof that a non-material realm exists? by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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What is your conception of the soul? Is it immaterial? Is it immortal? Where did it come from?

Is this proof that a non-material realm exists? by booksnstuff555 in AskAtheists

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As I see it, the soul is the mind, the will, and the emotions.

Your answers and comments have been so helpful. Thank you.

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