Quote Originally Posted by Inferius
You can scientifically rationalize all aspects of the human expirience,
because everything is biological. But I love being human. I love feeling emotions and thinking thoughts, and maybe even delving into the biological processes that allow me to feel my Higher Self. I do not consider it "proof" of anything, merely that I want to utilize all aspects of my mind for the greater good of my mental and physical health.
I love being human as much as you do. The fact that our evolution is scientifically explainable doesn't take anything away from the wonder of consciousness. If anything, it's more wonderful that life evolved, and then humans capable of self-awareness evolved, than if it's all explained by a miracle. That I am conscious and can look up into the night sky at billions of stars and billions of galaxies is fucking incredible. What a short time (in the scheme of things) we each have to enjoy life. And one of the best aspects of enjoying life is in the relationships we have with each other. That there is a scientific explanation for life doesn't take anything away from the incredibleness of it all.

If someone wishes to interpret the "godlyness" aspects of their human expirience as proof of something greater than themselves, that is their choice.
Absolutely it is their choice. And living in the US, we have the freedom to believe as we want. Where I have a problem is where believers go from having a personal connection to what they call god, to trying to legislate morality and making the rest of us live as they see fit.

Personally, I am going to interpret it as a wonderful self discovery that I am capable of of perceiving, like any other expirience.
And I see god as a crutch for fear.
You and I are going to agree here. How wonderful that we exist, and more than that, that we are conscious and aware of the universe around us. And even more wonderful when we modify that consciousness with THC and contemplate the universe. Go outside this evening right after sunset if it's not cloudy where you live. Venus is very close to the crescent Moon. Our ancestors thought these lights in the sky were Gods. To me, it's even more incredible that they aren't.

I have faith in myself, and in humanity, not in God. I know that the "spiritual" expirience is highly controversial, but I think that's because none of us has the exact same expirience. It is up to us to decide whether we beleive the expirience comes from within, or from some unreachable Controller.

I choose within.
I'm with you on that one.

And my faith in humanity is restored a little bit when I talk to someone like yourself that can at least say why you believe as you do.