Re: A profound message, Bruce... one which I can only hope to supplement with this response to Q (which I believe to be more thorough than my ealier attempts): Objectivism Campfire
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Your post was worthy of an even more satirical post than Q offered.
You say I confuse being with becoming. By this I ume you refer to your composition fallacy.
I say that there is no special supernatural property that gives us life. It is only the specific arrangement of different atoms that does this. Your argument would also mean, there is something special that makes something watery. It is only the arrangment of different atoms that makes that something watery. Your lack of understanding of life does not mean you must ascribe it to supernatural powers.