2006-10-27 12:56:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
soul...that part of you that is your mind,will, and emotions.
spirit...the real you inside(most people think this is the soul).
body...what you live in.
yes, i know, you only asked about soul.
2006-10-29 01:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by jbme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
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.
2006-10-27 20:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity.
The soul is the self, the "I" that inhabits the body and acts through it. Without the soul, the body is like a light bulb without electricity or a computer without the software. With the introduction of the soul, the body acquires life, thought, intelligence and emotions, will and desire, personality and identity.
2006-10-27 20:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by magnolia_76 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A soul eh?Its that thing you are stuck with,and despite the rumors goin around,you can NOT sell it.supposedly when you die this soul (which is actually YOU) goes somewhere.
2006-10-27 19:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My soul is the part of me that is also a part of God.
Love and blessings Don
2006-10-27 20:00:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soul is a mind. Not the brain, the one controlling the brain.
2006-10-27 19:58:31 · answer #6 · answered by buckhouse_ryan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many may not know this......
We were a thought of God, since God is always thinking kids, than God breathes into his thoughts. We become Spirit, God sends us on our way to be born, to have a soul, and become a redeem person, and when we die, God receives that last breath back to him, and we are Spirit again:)
2006-10-27 20:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by inteleyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soul is the little touch of individuality everyone is born with. Makes us all unique.
2006-10-27 19:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by Sue Chef 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The soul is a gift from God.
2006-10-27 19:57:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A soul is what makes you you. Your personality, your hopes, your dreams. Its that unique part of you that nobody can copy or mimic. Thats how I see it.
2006-10-27 20:00:04 · answer #10 · answered by caiforniapoppy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋