You can answer simply 'i do' or 'i don't', if you want.
2006-08-21 14:46:57 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks for the advice, you 'soulful' ones.
p.s. any more sole 'jokes' and I'll scream
2006-08-21 14:58:40 · update #1
none of your business, greebo
2006-08-21 15:08:13 · update #2
I wont know until I die & maybe even then I still wont know, but I am hoping.
2006-08-21 15:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What exactly do you think a soul is? What properties does it have? What part of 'you' resides in the soul?
If it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia. How could a straightforward chemical, injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time? If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical.
How about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are? How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain. We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage - Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on. Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'. We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain.
So, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'? As far as I can ascertain: Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.
2006-08-21 14:53:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians have a totally whacky idea of what the 'soul' is supposed to be. For the Jews of that time... including Jesus... the 'soul' was an enveloping emanation from the godhead that resulted from the community's relationship with god. The soul as a component of a human being (Christian view) is an artifact of Greek thinking on 'dualism'... which was incorporated into Christian dogma and lore by Gentile theologians, who were ignorant of Jewish (and Jesus') concept of 'soul'.
So... apart from the fact that all of this stuff is mythological nonsense, anyway... everyone's worries about what happens to their personal 'soul' are of no consequence... it does not exist.
2006-08-21 14:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-21 15:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by HelpMeOut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the Bible puts it, I am a living soul.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
2006-08-21 15:02:36 · answer #5 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I can't imagine what it would be. I think that when you are dead you are dead. Completely. Like a candle when you blow it out.
I know someone who thinks everyone has 2 souls. When you die, one hangs around the body, and kind of fades as the body rots, the other one goes off into the spirit realm, where it hangs around for a while before being reborn.
2006-08-21 15:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by hi_patia 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
I am an organic being, just like everything else on the planet.
When I die I am dead and that is it.
Be kind to everyone. Try to make a difference in others' lives.
Enjoy life to the fullest while you are here, it is all we have!
2006-08-21 14:52:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,I believe that every living thing has a soul.
2006-08-21 15:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got Soul?
Yes...
2006-08-21 14:51:34 · answer #9 · answered by cknksmom2 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When im out and about i have three soles, except friday when i have four- even though no one else is with me
2006-08-21 14:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by robynbiker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sold it years ago to the highest bidder, know anyone selling a good one?
2006-08-21 14:51:27 · answer #11 · answered by bringerofinjustice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋