Messages attributed to god(s) indeed do originate from (a) conscious being(s).
I was thinking that atheists and theists should be able to agree that this statement is true.
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Of course they do something unconscious couldn't send complicated religious messages. Even if it could it would have to be translated by a conscious being and in that case its still true because this one conscious being is telling every other conscious being, the message is still originating from a conscious being. Side: true
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Yes but it is circular reasoning. A message is something that a conscious being sends. Therefore, if I receive a message a conscious being must have created it. A message is information. If a 'message' comes from a non-concious being then it is not a message but rather some information we have gathered from something. Side: true
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The question asked "do I believe messages attributed to God originate from a conscious being" So I asked myself.... what are these messages attributed to god? A burnt waffle with Jesus' face on it? Clouds forming the shape of an eye? A lucky coincidence where a robber is stopped and their victim is saved? These, if they are the signs you speak of, are actually things that happen naturally in our universe, or so I believe. Therefore these signs attributed to God, actually originate from our universe. Bringing me back to the question, do I believe the messages attributed to God originate from a conscious being. Seeing as they originate from the universe, that I do not believe to be conscious my answer is no. Side: false
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