2006-07-07 07:40:18 · 10 answers · asked by Philippmikio 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A great philosopher once said, 'the only great philosophical question is weather or not to commit suicide'.
If we don't have a soul, whats the point. Honestly you can commit suicide right now and it wouldn't matter a toss. Who cares, there isn't even a who to care. This is the totality of your mortality. Without a soul, maybe we are already dead.
The interesting thing is that nobody actually knows. People say they know all the time but nobody really does, even less does anyone have any control over it. So you have a choice to believe in something that nobody know about and nobody can control but solves the whole suicide question.
Which belief will make your life better? Which will bring you closer to total happiness? and which will kill your 'soul'. Maybe its human nature to believe it and if thats true, to not believe, to not feel your soul is to go against your nature and that is a very foolish thing indeed.
2006-07-07 07:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by The Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not an accumulation of bacteria, although they may have been our evolutionary ancestors. We are a collection of specialized cells which handle incredibly sophisticated tasks to keep a bio-chemical machine running. Governing all that is, I believe, a soul, a divine spark.
2006-07-07 14:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have drawn a false dichotomy. To you it may seem that having a soul and being made of bacteria are mutually exclusive, but that is not necessarily the case. I believe that we exist on several level that are dependently arising (neither caused the other but they rely on each other). One of these is the biological, one energetic, and one spiritual.
2006-07-07 16:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all.. damn all the people tryin to call you out on your definition.. who cares, you got the point across. secondly im not sure.. we could all just be conscious beings w/o souls.. or we could each have a soul.. the belief that individuals have souls could just be a comforting belief formed from the hope of living beyond this life, could be something differnt.. who knows now you got me thinking
2006-07-07 14:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by itschris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a human isn't an accumulation of bacteria, it is an accumulation of cells.
2006-07-07 14:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have souls. That is why deep down inside we know when we are doing right or wrong. Why we long for love. Why we long for what things can't fill. Only God can fill that void.
2006-07-07 14:43:57 · answer #6 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybody's got soul, listen to James Brown
2006-07-07 14:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
soul
2006-07-07 14:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by jegreencreek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question.
2006-07-07 14:44:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
absurd.
Neither.
2006-07-07 18:16:33 · answer #10 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋