Some fundie that answered my last question stated this. I just about fell out of my chair laughing. Has anyone else ever heard of this. Do any other religious fundamentalists believe in this?
2007-10-01 18:09:10 · 21 answers · asked by Future 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nope, the 21 grams, is shy of an once, that is why the coke dealer shot you in the first place-you were short 7 grams!
2007-10-01 18:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
One famous study, was conducted in 1901 by physician Duncan MacDougall, who sought to measure the weight purportedly lost by a human body when the soul departed the body upon death. MacDougall weighed dying patients in an attempt to prove that the soul was material, tangible and thus measurable. These experiments are widely considered to have had little if any scientific merit, and although MacDougall's results varied considerably from "21 grams," for some people this figure has become synonymous with the measure of a soul's mass. The title of the 2003 movie 21 Grams is a reference to MacDougall's findings.
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2007-10-02 01:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was measured back in 1900 on dying tuberculosis patients. Somebody had to estimate the precise time of death while another person read the scale. Then they accepted a weight they thought was accurate. Very scientific.
2007-10-02 01:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wrote an essay about science with the human soul. This urban legend originated with McDougall (I believe). It has been throughly debunked many times.
Somehow though, it maintains as absolute fact to those who preach the soul being tangible and therefore measureable
2007-10-02 01:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Justin H 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When a james brown album is playing it ways exactly 17 grams more than when it is still.
This is hoiw much soul ways.
2007-10-02 01:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by franz d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For 21 grams, i think its the ethereal matter that leaves the body when you die. every one of us has an etheric body which gives about the aura around us.
2007-10-02 01:23:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its about 4 lbs.
ma-be the lack of a heart beat is the reason.
The soul..........hum.........I do not think so.
That would be Prof of a after life and the God of Christians does not allow Prof to be seen so blatantly.
I am a Christian. I read the Bible every day, somebody is pulling your leg.
2007-10-02 01:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by bobalo9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You saw the movie? I guess that is where so much of our true knowledge comes from... Just like the tabloids.
2007-10-02 01:14:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure that the amount of soul you've got can't be measured. Besides, if it could, shouldn't it be more than a measly 21grams?
2007-10-02 01:12:32 · answer #9 · answered by F R 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Drop the remote control and pick up a book.
2007-10-02 01:17:38 · answer #10 · answered by Old guy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋