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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:56 pm
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locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 Prove that you have a soul. To prove that someone does or does not have a soul, requires soul to be defined first. Then define a soul. That is what my question is to the person who started this thread. I don't think I could describe what a soul is. It could be a person's personality, or it could be something that does not manifest itself often in everyday living. I think that once you prove you have a soul, you will be able to define. In the meantime all your thoughts are nerve impulses. I agree that all thoughts are nerve impulses. However, how can you prove something exists without defining what it is first? If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:59 pm
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Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 That is what my question is to the person who started this thread. I don't think I could describe what a soul is. It could be a person's personality, or it could be something that does not manifest itself often in everyday living. I think that once you prove you have a soul, you will be able to define. In the meantime all your thoughts are nerve impulses. I agree that all thoughts are nerve impulses. However, how can you prove something exists without defining what it is first? If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see?
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:02 pm
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locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 That is what my question is to the person who started this thread. I don't think I could describe what a soul is. It could be a person's personality, or it could be something that does not manifest itself often in everyday living. I think that once you prove you have a soul, you will be able to define. In the meantime all your thoughts are nerve impulses. I agree that all thoughts are nerve impulses. However, how can you prove something exists without defining what it is first? If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see?
We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter.
I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:06 pm
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Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 I think that once you prove you have a soul, you will be able to define. In the meantime all your thoughts are nerve impulses. I agree that all thoughts are nerve impulses. However, how can you prove something exists without defining what it is first? If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see? We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter. I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered. But Oxygen and Hydrogen we can see. We need powerful microscopes, but we can see them. Dark Matter, from what I know of it, is considered a hypothesis. There is not a lot of evidence supporting it to the best of my knowledge. A soul could go very well undiscovered because we have very little information about how the brain works. We know that it is electrical impulses, but we do not know how memory works, nor how personality works as well. I soul could very well be hidden in there.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:11 pm
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locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 I think that once you prove you have a soul, you will be able to define. In the meantime all your thoughts are nerve impulses. I agree that all thoughts are nerve impulses. However, how can you prove something exists without defining what it is first? If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see? We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter. I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered. But Oxygen and Hydrogen we can see. We need powerful microscopes, but we can see them. Dark Matter, from what I know of it, is considered a hypothesis. There is not a lot of evidence supporting it to the best of my knowledge. A soul could go very well undiscovered because we have very little information about how the brain works. We know that it is electrical impulses, but we do not know how memory works, nor how personality works as well. I soul could very well be hidden in there.
Dark matter is an infernace. And so far as I can tell, so are souls. Something created to explain something that nobody really understands. Except, of course, neurologists.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:13 pm
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Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see? We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter. I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered. But Oxygen and Hydrogen we can see. We need powerful microscopes, but we can see them. Dark Matter, from what I know of it, is considered a hypothesis. There is not a lot of evidence supporting it to the best of my knowledge. A soul could go very well undiscovered because we have very little information about how the brain works. We know that it is electrical impulses, but we do not know how memory works, nor how personality works as well. I soul could very well be hidden in there. Dark matter is an infernace. And so far as I can tell, so are souls. Something created to explain something that nobody really understands. Except, of course, neurologists. Even then, very little is known about the brain. We know what different parts of it do, but we don't know how. Truth to be told, I don't think souls exist as something that leaves the body when we die. I would classify a soul as a person's personality that makes him/her unique.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:21 am
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locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 If you discovered a new animal, that was unlike anything you've ever seen, and you brought it to the zoo, you'd have proof. You wouldn't know what it was but you would know that it's there. Isn't that more of it just hasn't been named? You know that it exists because you have seen it with your own two eyes, and that is how you would define the new species. However, how could you define something that you could not see? We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter. I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered. But Oxygen and Hydrogen we can see. We need powerful microscopes, but we can see them. Dark Matter, from what I know of it, is considered a hypothesis. There is not a lot of evidence supporting it to the best of my knowledge. A soul could go very well undiscovered because we have very little information about how the brain works. We know that it is electrical impulses, but we do not know how memory works, nor how personality works as well. I soul could very well be hidden in there. Dark matter is an infernace. And so far as I can tell, so are souls. Something created to explain something that nobody really understands. Except, of course, neurologists. Even then, very little is known about the brain. We know what different parts of it do, but we don't know how. Truth to be told, I don't think souls exist as something that leaves the body when we die. I would classify a soul as a person's personality that makes him/her unique.
In that way a soul exists, coexisting with every part of the mind that makes you "human". But it isn't seperate or otherworldly or anything.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:20 pm
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Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 locke317 Sarahgal55 We've defined oxygen and hydrogen, haven't we? And we're starting to learn about dark matter. I would think that a soul would have been discovered by now if it had been discovered. But Oxygen and Hydrogen we can see. We need powerful microscopes, but we can see them. Dark Matter, from what I know of it, is considered a hypothesis. There is not a lot of evidence supporting it to the best of my knowledge. A soul could go very well undiscovered because we have very little information about how the brain works. We know that it is electrical impulses, but we do not know how memory works, nor how personality works as well. I soul could very well be hidden in there. Dark matter is an infernace. And so far as I can tell, so are souls. Something created to explain something that nobody really understands. Except, of course, neurologists. Even then, very little is known about the brain. We know what different parts of it do, but we don't know how. Truth to be told, I don't think souls exist as something that leaves the body when we die. I would classify a soul as a person's personality that makes him/her unique. In that way a soul exists, coexisting with every part of the mind that makes you "human". But it isn't seperate or otherworldly or anything. Yes, but we do not know if that part is otherworldly or not. That is the big question. It may be hardwired into the brain, or it may be something seperate that is otherworldly. We have no proof either way.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:47 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:29 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:54 am
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:03 pm
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 9:00 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:00 pm
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