But scientists have proved that your consciousness is the result of neurons firing in your brain! They say with the conviction of an Egyptian priest ripping out the heart of a pig and proclaiming that the heart is the seat of the soul. Do not be fooled by machines that show the shadows of consciousness. Yes, I can think of an apple vs a dog and watch different patterns emerge on an MRI’s screen, but that proves only that certain patterns emerge *when consciousness applies itself*. This is an elementary discovery, my consciousness manifests itself in reality every time I command by body to move.
To prove to yourself that you have already accepted consciousness as being above the part of the world accessible to science, ask yourself why you avoid pain and seek pleasure? This is where the shill will twist his arguments the hardest. We avoid pain because it furthers life, they will say. We seek life because we find living enjoyable. What then, is enjoyment? A rush of chemicals in the brain? Why should you seek that? Because my body demands it they say. In what form does it demand it?
The real answer is obvious to even a child who has not yet contorted his brain as a slave of the cult of science.
We avoid pain BECAUSE IT FUCKING HURTS.
This is the experience of consciousness that is beyond the reach of science. You know the color blue, yet you cannot describe it.
Checkmate atheists.