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antix · 05-05-2006, 06:10 PM

I am no expert by any means, but I can say that the brain is a very touchy organ. I wouldn't doubt for one second that your father was telling the truth about what he percieved as reality-- as he saw it. Emotions-- fear, desire, anguish, joy-- all of them, can make the brain think there is something more that what is really there. And no, don't fret. You are obviously aware of these false realities. No matter how real they may seem you recognize theem as false. Always remember that. If it doesn't have-- or cannot have-- any rational scienteific explenation, then it is a figment of your imagination. That is the real beauty of atheism-- IMHO. We can have all the strange imagionings, fantasies, visions, etc... but in the end we always realize that is our minds playing tricks on us.

This isn't much in the way of "enlightenment" I don't imagine, but its my 2 cents.

05-05-2006, 06:10 PM	#2
antix Obsessed Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: inside a hill Posts: 2,910	I am no expert by any means, but I can say that the brain is a very touchy organ. I wouldn't doubt for one second that your father was telling the truth about what he percieved as reality-- as he saw it. Emotions-- fear, desire, anguish, joy-- all of them, can make the brain think there is something more that what is really there. And no, don't fret. You are obviously aware of these false realities. No matter how real they may seem you recognize theem as false. Always remember that. If it doesn't have-- or cannot have-- any rational scienteific explenation, then it is a figment of your imagination. That is the real beauty of atheism-- IMHO. We can have all the strange imagionings, fantasies, visions, etc... but in the end we always realize that is our minds playing tricks on us. This isn't much in the way of "enlightenment" I don't imagine, but its my 2 cents.