2006-08-06 08:44:02 · 8 answers · asked by Freigeist 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Depends on your definition of 'soul'. Yes, any living thing has a soul, that's a definition of life. But most are mortal, and die with the creature.
There was an experiment in which a leaf was taken from a tree, moved seven miles away, and attached to measuring equipment. Then the tree was shocked with electricity. The leaf registered the shock from seven miles away, without any obvious connection left to its tree. Evidence for a soul? Maybe...
2006-08-06 09:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a complicated set of atoms. If some find that answer disheartening then, well, go on believing whatever you want.
Biomachinery is wonderfully complicated, but when it comes down to it, that's all it is. Souls are just human inventions to attempt to explain consciousness and give comfort that there is an afterlife.
2006-08-06 09:25:50 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether there is anything called "soul" or not is debatable.
However if you consider that anything living has a soul, an alive specimen should be having a soul as it has life.
2006-08-06 08:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by LEPTON 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything alive has a soul
Soul is what gives everything life
Science may yet find a equivalent for it
2006-08-06 08:49:22 · answer #4 · answered by Kind_light 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to religion, only man, being in the image of God, has a soul.
2006-08-06 08:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people believe plants and animals have a soul.
This believe is called animism. See
Animism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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2006-08-06 11:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no soul, esp. if it is a primitive set of atoms
2006-08-06 08:48:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are debating science with religion. it's an open-ended question.
2006-08-06 12:32:01 · answer #8 · answered by Cherry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋