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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Atheists seem to have no problem believing in their own self-awareness and consciousness but as consistent materialists an atheist's self-awareness and consciousness is a contradiction in terms.  You're all just programmed sacks of protoplasm exhibiting somewhat interesting behaviors from time to time.  Yet you have no way to prove that what you claim to be your self-awareness or consciousness isn't any less of an imaginary illusion than Santa Clause is.[/quote]

I experience self-awareness and consciousness.  I don't "believe" it.  I can't explain it either.  That's honest - not contradictory.[/quote]

That's not objectively verifiable.  It may not be honest either.  There's no way for someone to verify your claims.[/quote]

Of course there's no real way to verify sentience but it is an assumption I have to make to believe anything. If you don't believe in your own sentience you are unable to progress any further. My positions and beliefs are based off of what I can perceive, experience and think about.

-AA[/quote]

No, you misunderstand.  It's not about what you claim you believe.  It's about how an objective observer other than yourself views it.  No one can observe the "self" of another; it's completely intangible.  The only observable evidence of what you call your "self" is a biological organism exhibiting behaviors.  You're asking us to take it on pure faith that those behaviors imply the existence of a self-aware conscious sentience which you refer to as your "self."  However that "self" you claim to exist is completely intangible and is not scientifically verifiable.  There is no reason an atheist would be able to take your claim to be a self aware being rather than a sack of protoplasm exhibiting behaviors other than on faith.  No different than believing in God actually.[/quote]

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