The evolutionists confine their studies in physical matters, so they cannot have any ideas about the soul. Perhaps, with more amazement in the discovery of the unfathomable mysteries in the physical universe, they will become more aware of spiritual realities.
We can learn about the existence of the soul, of the spiritual world and of the One True God in the Holy Books of His Divine Messengers.
2007-01-17 21:17:09
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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If you are talking about an "immortal" soul, I think that the theory of evolution has nothing to say about that, since it is not a scientific term. But if you define "soul" as "self-awareness", you can find that this is an attribute which is typical for humans and not present in animals, or at least not very distinctly. And you can consider whether this self-awareness originated from evolution or whether it was "given" to humans.
There are good scientific insights which point to an evolutionary origin of our self-awareness. If you are deeper interested in this, you should google for "evolutionary epistomology". In a nutshell, the evolution of our self-awareness had two main contributing factors: the fact that we have hands with thumbs (which evolved because our primate ancestors lived in the trees; hands are great for climbing, but they can also be used to grab and use tools) and the fact that our two eyes are pointed straight ahead and not sideways like with most animals (this allows three-dimensional vision, useful for living in trees but also very useful for handling objects). When our ancestors finally left the trees and lived in the open range (the reason for that probably being climate changes and the temporary disappearance of forests), they started warking upright (probably to be able to see over the high grass), and at last their two hands were free! Free to use tools, to carry stuff, to use weapons and so on. Together with three-dimensional vision, this allowed new things to learn which no animal could learn before. And the use of tools leads to new uses of the brain. It calls for planning. It calls for creativity. It calls for abstract thinking. In the end, you develop new ways of thinking, of perception of the world, the objects in it, how to categorize them, and of the difference between the "outside" world and the "inside", the "me". When our ancestors got their hands free, the evolution of the brain accelerated mightily. Everything we are now is a result of this.
2007-01-17 21:50:58
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answered by NaturalBornKieler 7
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No we don't have soul (in my opinion), when you move your finger, this starts as an electrical impulse in the brain, which transfers chemical energy (stored as ATP in the muscles) into kinetic energy. This energy is used up as work done against the motion (e.g. against grafity or air resistance). When you die, the brain stops sending electrical impulses, and all your stored energy converts to heat (why decomposing bodies are great for bacteria).
2007-01-17 21:06:44
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answer #3
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answered by Om 5
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soul is your memory, your characters, it can be transfered to a computer, to a dog, to a cat, to another human, to ourself cloning when our technology advance enough, yes soul can evolve in the way we think, the way we act, the way we learn something new
soul is not something mystical, its science, its your habits, your attitude and saved in your brain, sometimes when we lucky enough, we can have another soul/ character by having bad accident and have bad brain injury and not knowing who we are and we have to mold our soul/ character again from the start, its proves that soul/ character can dies!
so you need to read a lot of science stuff and cut the mystic out!
tell me, do the blind people can have visual dream? nope, just like you now
science is your eyes to open new world, and use it verywell to become more humanist, and uphold human rights, not god rights!
because when you uphold god rights, you will become lack of humanity, lack of human rigths, and always wants to destroy other religions if you got the chance!
so learn science and save others life not your life!
2007-01-17 23:04:43
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answered by ? 2
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okay, let's clear this up:
First and foremost I would like to make it clear that I do not believe in a soul.
The 'soul' is a concept we evolved to aid our survival. All animals also have a similar concept of 'soul' in so much that they are aware of their existance as a separate entity to the rest of their environment. It is this sence of 'self' that is attributed to our belief in the 'soul'. Importantly, without this sence of self there would be no drive for survival. As animals began to emerge, the more sucessful animals were those that had an intrinsic sence of individuality. That is the nature of 'survival of the fittest'. Conciousness, soul and spirit are all attributed to the way in which our brain processes information in the first person, giving us the deception that we are, somehow, individual entities in nature. Mankinds heightened sence of 'self' has been the source of our greatest strength (our spread across the entire globe) and our greatest weakness (our belief that death isn't something to fear, and is something to look forward to. This is, of course, damaging to the evolution of our species).
Now, you have a chronic misunderstanding of what voltage is. Voltage is a measure of the potential electrical energy difference between two points. In our brains, we convert thermal energy to electrical energy. This electrical energy concentrated at one end of a specific neuron means there is a potential energy difference (voltage) between the two ends. This causes the electrical energy to flow (current) to the other end to try to achieve energetic equillibrium. This causes the otherend of the neuron to be charged by default! The charge on the neuron is passed the the muscle tissue (for motor-neurons), again to achieve equilibrium according to the first law of thermo-dynamics. The excited muscle contracts due to the physical electrostrictive properties of the protein structure in the cells. Once this is achieved, equillibrium is reached i.e. the energy that was electrical energy becomes thermal energy due to the movement.
Here is that process in terms of an energy flow diagram:
Chemical energy (from food) becomes
Thermal energy (in brain) which becomes
Electrical energy (on neuron) which becomes
Kinetic energy (in muscle) which becomes
Thermal energy (due to the movement).
When you die, your heart stops. This means your brain is no-longer supplied with oxyginated blood (which is required to deliver the thermal energy). This, in turn, means that the last three stages can not take place. When you die, the energy stored in your food in your stomache (and in the fats of your body) remain as chemical energy, locked away (food for the worms). The only other type of energy in your body is, of course, thermal energy. Well, this dissipates into air (or ground if you are burried warm) to achieve thermal equillibrium.
Notice that, in this whole process, the soul is absent? That is because we do not have a soul. The soul is imaginary. Conciousness, on the other hand, is real (consciousness being the sence of self). We do have a sence of self whilst we are alive as it is pre-programmed in our brain by our genetics. Once we die, this sence of self dies with us because our brain activity stops. Your sence of self does not go to heaven and does not continue to exist. Your sence of self is in your mind.
And yes, consciouness evolved (as I already said).
And in reference to your mocking statement (theory, it is science): there is no shame in theory. Theory has given explanations for phenomena and have lead to the discovery of more phenomena.
Theories are never wrong, they might simply not be as good as they need to be. That is the nature of science.
2007-01-17 21:54:02
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answer #5
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answered by Mawkish 4
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energy gets lost in heat... when u walk, when u talk.. so on. true, it cant b created or destroyed but it can b lost or passed on to somethin else such as decomposers and such. soul can also b considered all psychological... like when u like someone ppl think its bcause of the heart but it is actually caused by hormones. when u have those deja vu, it is also all mental bcause what u see is sent to ur memory, makin u think u have already seen it bfore. ironically, i do believe in somethin after death. yet, i also think that thinkin there is eternal life is psychological as well in order for us to continue lookin forward to it.
2007-01-17 21:06:27
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answered by jbljackie 2
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never seen any indicia of such.when the control the brain dies so do the bodily functions begin to fail if you want an intensive understanding just look into physiology ..it's all accounted for, the death of the chemical processes not the soul .
2007-01-17 21:08:14
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answered by dogpatch USA 7
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the energy we all have come from the carbs, fat and protein in our body. When we die, all that energy waits around until maggots start consuming the calories.
And yes, i believe in a soul, but this isnt a support of it, in my honest opinion.
2007-01-17 21:04:42
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answered by duffmanhb 3
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We don't know if we have a soul. And you don't know as well for certain, admit it. Even if we do have a soul, that doesn't mean God exists in a way that Christian, Muslim religion or any other religion teach.
2007-01-17 21:07:51
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answered by Nelli 2
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No
There is only heat energy in our body. The heat energy will be lost. There is no other energy
2007-01-17 21:11:10
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answered by Born again atheist 3
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