2007-04-06 02:06:40 · 16 answers · asked by shambhu 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no correlation between population and the soul.
In Sacred Scripture the term "soul" often refers to human life or the entire human person.230 But "soul" also refers to the innermost aspect of man, that which is of greatest value in him,231 that by which he is most especially in God's image: "soul" signifies the spiritual principle in man.
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2007-04-06 02:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 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.
2007-04-06 02:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a question historically used to "attack" reincarnation the same way that "why are there still monkeys" is used to attack evolution. If it wasn't meant that way, I thought you should at least know the history of it.
The problem is, of course, too little knowledge on the part of the one asking.
You see, most people who believe in immortal souls believe they are FORWARDLY immortal- that is, they are born, but don't die.
So the answer then is that more people mean more souls are being BORN, not just recycled.
Of course, non-linear reincarnationists also point out that one soul can be in two times at once, so those that believe in a fixed number of souls need only not see them as linear in time for your question to fail.
2007-04-06 02:12:22 · answer #3 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Souls is immortal but the body is not. Every people's body has souls, their soul is immortal even when they're dead. But the body is not. When the body is dead, it cannot live anymore, that's why when people die, they only live in their souls. When the body dies, the soul takes over and brings that person to the heaven and the soul will again find a body that it could live in again.
2007-04-06 02:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Catherine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple - the soul is NOT immortal. The soul is simply the body or life itself. It's like a candle. Once you blow out the flame, it goes nowhere, it's just gone.
2007-04-06 02:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the other souls enter to this world for they're task
and god is more than a soul
because of the Adam ates the apple god send us from heaven to the earth for our evolution and understanding the trues
then according to the rise and fall fraction the population increases and suddenly will falls at the Apocalypse
2007-04-06 02:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by p.e.z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The coaching of an immortal soul isn't found interior the Bible. The Bible certainly teaches that the soul is the combination of the airborne dirt and mud and God's spirit. while a guy or woman dies, God's spirit returns to him and the soul dies. it is barely the resurrection which holds any desire for mankind.
2016-11-07 09:10:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every time a new human conception happens, it new soul begins. Something that is immortal can have a beginning. Immortal means that it never dies, not that it is never born.
2007-04-06 02:10:38 · answer #8 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question! And the answer is in the question. Souls? The maths makes no sense.
2007-04-06 02:10:17 · answer #9 · answered by Iain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the soul is not immortal.
For proof see HP http://bythebible.page.tl/Home.htm
Direct link to Soul[Immortal & Animal, What?]
http://bythebible.page.tl/Soul__Immortal-f---Animals-f-.htm
http://bythebible.page.tl/Soul__What-is-it-f-.htm
2007-04-06 02:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋