The Soul

[cam elle toe]

Simple question....

Do you believe in the existence of the Soul?

If not..why not?

If so....why?

All the Religious/Scientific debate threads got me thinking..

If science proved the existance of the soul....would you atheists and agnostics out there change your views?

Not on "religion" per se...but on spirituality? (for want of a better word)

 

[Maldoror]

Of course we would, well, I would. I'd love to believe in the soul actually or in anything that is now considered over human or supernatural. But that's rationally impossible, the idea of the soul is nonsensical until proven or demonstrated otherwise.

 

[Dana]

I'll buy your soul for a cookie!

 

[Tim]

I do not believe in a soul...

For those who do believe in a soul, where do you think it comes from? Is it created when you are born or during conception? If so, why would you think it would last forever then?
If you believe that souls are timeless, then how can you account for the 6 billion people today with souls and 1000 years ago there was only a fraction of that?
The concept of souls just doesn't make any sense, not to me anyway. For those who do believe in a soul, please explain how it's possible. I believe that those who actually sit down and put a little logical thought behind the concept, they would doubt.

 

[cam elle toe]

Keep them coming..:thumbup

I am going to give my view...just want to wait and see a few others first....

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

*waiting for someone to come up with scientific evidence*...*whistles*

 

[PoopaSwoof]

My out of body experiences proved to me there is a soul.


Or was it really just the drugs.:humm:

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

http://journals.lww.com/neurotodayo...r_Explains__Near_Death_Experiences__in.8.aspx

This was only done on about 55 people which is a bit of a let-down, but it talks about NDEs and neurology.

 

[GoldDust Woman]

I believe we have a soul.

Disagreeing with Tim, here... I don't think the soul enters the body until we take our first breath. Just my silly opinion.

 

[Dana]

*waiting for someone to come up with scientific evidence*...*whistles*

Science shmience... you people make laugh. "science can't prove it so it must be impossible"... Well there are a lot of things that should be impossible by scientific standards but still happen.

 

[cam elle toe]

A little reading for now.

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/fedeescienza/mindandbrain.html

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

"science can't prove it so it must be impossible"

And I've never said that.

 

[All Else Failed]

Not a "supernatural" soul, but an overall feeling a person has to their life. Very Nietzsche-like in nature.

 

[Maldoror]

Nietzsche was very spiritual in his own way.

 

[Peter Parka]

Do you believe in the existence of the Soul?

If not..why not?

If science proved the existance of the soul....would you atheists and agnostics out there change your views?

I highly doubt its existence

There isn't a scrap of evidence for its existance

Of course

 

[Minor Axis]

I believe we have a soul.

I believe there is the possibility of a soul. A distinct difference.

 

[cam elle toe]

Did anyone read the little linky I posted.....coz I'm surprised no ones commented...

Anyone?

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

I started reading it a little but it got way too long and I couldn't figure out viewpoint it was trying to say.

 

[cam elle toe]

I started reading it a little but it got way too long and I couldn't figure out viewpoint it was trying to say.

its not that long...only a page...and really? You couldnt figure it out?

 

[BornReady]

Napoleon commented while receiving Laplace's astronomy book, "they tell me you have written this large book on the system of the universe, and have never even mentioned its Creator." Laplace responded, "I had no need of that hypothesis." For the same reason, I don't believe we have souls. Souls are not needed to explain thought, emotion or volition.

Yes, I would believe in souls if there was proof. Someone mentioned an OOB experience. That would suffice as proof if it were scientifically documented. Scientists have tried to document this with people who are able to have OOB experiences. For example, they put a person in one room and told them leave their body and go into an adjacent room. Some of the subjects claimed to succeed in doing so but none could correctly describe what was in the adjacent room once they returned to their body.