Could the human brain be the source of the human soul?

[Jeremiahcp]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

 

[Mister Silver]

First, I would need evidence that the soul exists.

 

[DavidFirth]

First, I would need evidence that the soul exists.

That's a laugh. You don't need any evidence that God does not exist, yet you believe He doesn't.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

First, I would need evidence that the soul exists.

That should be self evident. I think what you are looking for is evidence that it is "supernatural."

 

[Mister Silver]

That should be self evident.

Incorrect. It is not self evident that the human soul exists, but please continue to misconstrue what I mean.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Incorrect. It is not self evident that the human soul exists, but please continue to misconstrue what I mean.

 

[shunyadragon]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

In the Baha'i view the soul is int\dependent of the brain. The mind is the a product of the brain and the intimate intermediary between the brain and the soul.

Considering the souls as the source would be closer to a metaphysical naturalist explanation of the soul, where the soul does not have an independent eternal reality, and of course dies with the brain.

 

[Father Heathen]

That's a laugh. You don't need any evidence that God does not exist, yet you believe He doesn't.

A lack of evidence = a lack of belief. That's how the burden of proof works.

 

[Father Heathen]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

To me, it would seem that the "soul" is the mind, albeit in an incorporeal form.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

Possible, yes.

But I think it's more likely that it inhabits the whole body.

 

[Looncall]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

I think that the notion of souls is an ancient error that arose from ignorance of the brain and from a category error akin to asking where the fire goes when the fuel runs out.

These days it is just part of the religion scam.

 

[Eliab ben Benjamin]

My perception is that there is some separation. I conclude this from the experiences i had of NDE after my traumatic
brain injury ...

For 4 days i was declared "Brain Dead" ie
no brain response to the stimulation of pain
that they use to measure it.
During this time i experienced the journey to another plane , discussion with my deceased grandfather and a life review ...

This memory could not have been created or stored in a dead brain ...

 

[Epic Beard Man]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

Can you define "source?" Do you mean the brain is the soul or is the soul encapsulated by the brain?

 

[Epic Beard Man]

My perception is that there is some separation. I conclude this from the experiences i had of NDE after my traumatic
brain injury ...

For 4 days i was declared "Brain Dead" ie
no brain response to the stimulation of pain
that they use to measure it.
During this time i experienced the journey to another plane , discussion with my deceased grandfather and a life review ...

This memory could not have been created or stored in a dead brain ...

Wait, you were brain dead?

 

[Mister Silver]

Wait, you were brain dead?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, especially since there is no way of recovering from being brain dead.

brain death is irreversible and is legally and medically recognized as death

Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation | Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network

 

[Epic Beard Man]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, especially since there is no way of recovering from being brain dead.


Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation | Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network

Yeah, that is nothing short of a miracle....I mean if they're no brain waves and then there is a resurgence of brain waves that is a freggin miracle. then again we need to account brain damage thereafter since the brain was deprived of oxygen for so long,.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

I think people are going to have to define soul to not have people talking past eachother.

To say the soul existing is self evident doesn't make sense to me because the soul has always been explained to me in a metaphysical way.

In my view the soul could be an incorporeal life force that exists in two planes of existence when although incorporeal somehow has an attachment to the physical world and physical bodies.

 

[idav]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul? Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

The human experience actually comes from the entire body but most the activity for cognition appears to be centered around the brain.
Our Heart Brain - Little Brain in the Heart - HeartMath Institute

 

[George-ananda]

Is it possible that the human brain is the source of the human soul?

I believe the brain is an instrument that helps allow the soul to have a physical experience. The soul is an entity above the physical plane and is what animates a physical being. No arraignment of atoms no matter how complex can have the singular subjective conscious experience of humans.

Is there anything that we know about the soul which could not possibility come from the brain? Is it more probable that the soul comes from elsewhere other than the brain? Please explain.

I hold that a wealth of paranormal evidence can not be understood under the materialist view that consciousness is a product of a physical brain. In my view, consciousness incarnates the physical to experience, as the physical does not produce consciousness as consciousness is more subtle than matter.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

That's a laugh. You don't need any evidence that God does not exist, yet you believe He doesn't.

The claim isn't "god doesn't exist." The claim is "god exists." You don't need evidence of a negative to not hold a belief in something. You don't need evidence to believe in something. But you need evidence to prove something exist.

That should be self evident.

It isn't self evident. Not only is that a very poor argument, there is so much of who we are as a person that depends on our brain, genetics, hormones, and culture that to me it becomes problematic for the concept of a soul that is most commonly accepted, practically impossibly to argue if this idea of a soul includes any sort of judgment.