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

blü 2

blü 2

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KenS said:
Apparently verifiable and empirical evidence as he was transported to the morgue and verified by the doctors is not the science you subscribe to.
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Are you saying that resurrections happen all the time?

Or just that doctors make mistakes?

Or are you saying that the point at which life system failure becomes irreversible can be very hard to detect?
 
SabahTheLoner

SabahTheLoner

Master of the Art of Couch Potato Cuddles
If personality and identity comes from the brain, it might shape the soul. Most people suggest that the soul is essentially a life force. If that is the case, the heart or even lungs might be a better candidate, however the three aforementioned organs are a system for life, so... perhaps the brain is just the identity part of the soul, the thing that makes a soul unique to a person.
 
lewisnotmiller

lewisnotmiller

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DavidFirth said:
That's exactly my point. How can you be sure no god exists yet you demand evidence that the soul exists? What you should be thinking is that maybe both God and the soul exist, you just don't know.
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I didn't say anything about 'souls'. I choose not to believe in things I don't have evidence for, is all. They could exist, but since I can't believe in all things I lack evidence for, I choose to act as if they don't exist.

Like you with Tiddalik.
 
Jeremiahcp

Jeremiahcp

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Shadow Wolf said:
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.

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.
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"It isn't self evident"

It is self evident to me, perhaps your mind is not flexible enough linguistically and you are too ridged with conceptual interpretations. You should learn how to listen and communicate in a broader sense. I am simply tired of trying to narrow in the scope for people who can't seem to consider multiple things at once with perhaps even views they don't hold.
 
Akivah

Akivah

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Jeremiahcp said:
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.
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In Judaism, souls are considered near-eternal. So they don't come from a temporal body, rather they are implanted into a body by G-d.
 
DavidFirth

DavidFirth

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SalixIncendium said:
Really? You have this ever so evasive esoteric evidence that no one else until now has been able to produce?! Had I known you 40 years ago, I could have saved myself a lot of time and energy in seeking!

Please share here so we can all convert immediately!
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Don't act stupid. You know full well what I'm talking about. And like I said, you just choose to ignore it.
 
DavidFirth

DavidFirth

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lewisnotmiller said:
I didn't say anything about 'souls'. I choose not to believe in things I don't have evidence for, is all. They could exist, but since I can't believe in all things I lack evidence for, I choose to act as if they don't exist.

Like you with Tiddalik.
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Well, he's not mentioned in the Bible so I don't know who or what he/it is.
 
SalixIncendium

SalixIncendium

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि
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DavidFirth said:
Don't act stupid. You know full well what I'm talking about. And like I said, you just choose to ignore it.
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I'm not an actor. I honestly don't know what evidence you're talking about. I have yet to see any empirical evidence. Let's say for argument's sake that I'm stupid. Please present your evidence as you would to a stupid person.
 
sun rise

sun rise

The world is on fire
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Akivah said:
In Judaism, souls are considered near-eternal. So they don't come from a temporal body, rather they are implanted into a body by G-d.
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As is also basically true for Eastern religions although the terminology is very different.

And as far as scientific research goes, here's one example:

In many parts of the world, some young children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5, speak about a previous life they claim to have lived. At the same time they often show behavior, such as a phobia, that is unusual in their family and/or not explained by any current life events but that seems concordant with the child's statements about a previous life. In many cases of this type the child's statements have been shown to correspond accurately to facts in the life and death of a deceased person; in many of these cases the families concerned have had no contact before the case developed. Some of the children have birthmarks and birth defects that correspond to wounds or other marks on the deceased person whose life a child remembers. In numerous cases postmortem reports have confirmed these correspondences. Older children may retain these apparent memories, but generally they seem to fade around the age of 7 .

For those that are interested in the scientific research, there are a lot of studies noted here.

University of Virginia
School of Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Division of Perceptual Studies

Division of Perceptual Studies – University of Virginia School of Medicine especially
https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/publications/academic-publications/
 
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