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To remain consistent in atheism you must hold the philosophy of materialism (that only the physical exists).
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This is entirely wrong. Atheism only adressess the issue of god, nothing more. Atheists can and do adhere to such a philosophy, but they are not forced to. Belief in a supernatural realm where ghosts and poltergeists reign supreme-- while ridiculous-- is not out of the question for an atheist to believe.
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And you must hold that consciousness is an epiphenomena of material structures (and not a fundamental property of reality as I have proven).
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consciousness is a product of the brain-- a physical thing. No brain= no consciousness. It certainly exists in reality, simply because the reality in which we live happened to support life that allowed for such complex brains to evolve. Had life not taken hold anywhere in the universe, then no consciousness would arise, yet that universe (that reality) would keep on ticking. So no, you have not "proven" anything.
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By "physical" we mean 3-space realism. But of course Quantum non-locality is an example of a nonphysical phenomena!
And so is psychic functioning.
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psychic functioning? Are you kidding with this?