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  1. K

    Where is the soul?

    james2ko: So it seems you agree that the soul is spatially associated with the brain. I'm not sure about your computer analogy, though. The software in a computer is, in reality, just a sequence of on/off states in the transistors inside a memory chip. The interpretation of these on/off...
  2. K

    Where is the soul?

    Nadia: "A human IS a soul. He/she doesn't have a soul." That would imply that the death of our bodies means the death of our souls.
  3. K

    Where is the soul?

    atanu: It sounds almost to me as if you are interpreting common features between different individuals as a single feature that is shared by individuals. For example, if it turned out that you and I were both good at chess, I can imagine you saying that there is a single essence of chess...
  4. K

    Where is the soul?

    Doppelganger:
  5. K

    Where is the soul?

    Atanu: That is quite true. The question is, do we need to completely bypass the human apparatus? I don't think we do. Our subjective experience is not entirely fabricated, unless you are of the solipsist persuasion. The key, then, is not to completely bypass the human apparatus, but simply...
  6. K

    Where is the soul?

    Atanu: "But surely you will consider data provided by instruments and then known via human sense instruments as OBJECTIVE?" Only if they are corroborated according to the scientific method. The very purpose of the scientific method is to remove, as far as possible, the subjective biases that...
  7. K

    Where is the soul?

    Doppelganger: You can measure color in the sense that you can measure the wavelength of light. You can measure sound in the sense that you can measure the vibration of air particles. In other words it is possible to detect colors and sounds using instruments. Cameras and microphones are good...
  8. K

    Where is the soul?

    Odion: I apologize for making assumptions about your religious identity. I think if I were ever to become a religious person again, I'd head straight for Buddhism (although I think I'd aim for the very earliest type of Buddhism that was a little less supernaturally inclined). Doppelganger...
  9. K

    Where is the soul?

    Uravip2me: Does this mean that the soul resided in every one of Adam's cells? Skin cells, liver cells, muscle cells, etc?
  10. K

    Where is the soul?

    Uravip2me: I'm happy to accept that. What I maintain, though, is that Adam's soul occupied the spatial location that his body occupied, while he was a living soul. Doppelganger: The difference between a concept and a real entity, is that a real entity occupies space in the 3-dimensional...
  11. K

    Where is the soul?

    Odion: The reason I feel fairly safe concluding that my soul is not in China or Australia is because the only information about souls I have is from the Bible. And the Bible makes it pretty clear that the soul possesses the body. For example: "I well remember them, and my soul is downcast...
  12. K

    Where is the soul?

    Doppelganger: So it is a concept, not a real entity? I'm not sure I understand this, but it seems you're in agreement that the soul is soem sort of logical concept related to brain function. This would imply that it ceases to exist when our brains stop functioning at death. Is that correct?
  13. K

    Where is the soul?

    Ludwik: People's bodies exist in the material world. If, as you suggest, souls cannot exist in the material world, then no body can have a soul. In other words, our souls do not inhabit our bodies. Is that how you see it?
  14. K

    Where is the soul?

    Odion: Regardless of the mystical properties the soul may have, it most certainly seems to have the property of location. The soul may not be a material object like a DVD or a car, but it clearly resides within a person's physical body. My soul is not currently in China, or Australia. It is...
  15. K

    Where is the soul?

    Uravip2me: I'm having a hard time finding the post you mentioned. Could you help me find it? Thanks.
  16. K

    Where is the soul?

    Pegg: OK, but where is it? In our lungs? In our hearts? Livers? Brains? mitchellmckain: You are basically saying that the soul does not exist in any sense we are familiar with, but in some sense that we have no observational access to. Well, how do you know? Indeed, how do you know that...
  17. K

    Where is the soul?

    Pegg wrote: Maybe not quite so simple... What is life force? Any cell biologist you ask will tell you that what makes a living thing different to a non-living thing is certain chemical reactions. That is what life is based on. Death is just the cessation of these reactions. So, to speak...
  18. K

    Who killed all those babies?

    Indeed, God killed his own *child* on the cross. And if God is OK with killing his own child, then it's not surprising that he has little compunction about killing other people's children.
  19. K

    Where is the soul?

    A core belief of many religions is that there exists some sort of spiritual entity in each living person, usually called a "soul". My question to theists on this board, is where does this soul reside? And what does the soul do, exactly? A straightforward look at the evidence does not bode...
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