And do believe that I, this random guy on the internet has a soul
I personally don’t believe that I anyone else has a soul. From my standup I don’t se any reason to believe that our consciousness and our so called “soul” would be any more then something our brain is making up.
Nothing suggesting the primacy of metaphysical stuff, but in the same way its fine to talk about the soul of a nation, it’s fine to talk about my soul. I don’t think its magic, I just think there’s a connection with the rest of the universe and other conscious people that is healthy to cultivate, and the effects I have on those relationships will continue after I die (likewise, other people’s relationships have affected my life even after they’ve died). I don’t think there’s any reward of doing so outside of the health of those relationships. I do think certain behaviours and beliefs are poisonous to this “soul”, but we can also talk about mental health and how we should be emphasising community etc.
But it’s all just physical stuff in the end, and if a meteor hit Earth tomorrow and scattered our material there isn’t anything left over like a bunch of angry ghosts floating around. Not even anyone to mourn what could have been.
There is no such animal.
No.
A soul isn’t a metaphysical thing, it’s one’s ability to influence the world. Some can have multiple, some can have none, plants and animals have them, and some objects even too. They can be created but they can never be destroyed. They lack a conscious but have a will. Having one makes you not special, you have to use it. The more you use it, the more control you gain, but the more it gains over you.
No, I believe we are just pieces of meat with enough nureons to be capable of abstract concepts. However currently the existence of a soil is unfalsifiable, so I wouldn’t be able to prove or disprove my clain.
the existence of a soil is unfalsifiable, so I wouldn’t be able to prove or disprove my clain.
As is the existence of the great juju on top of the mountain or the existence of goglack the toenail king who lives under your bathroom sink. The unfalsifiable nature of a claim doesn’t warrant it any extra consideration.
Is your soul a good fertilizer?
Yes, though when I use it to grow plants I can not provide any evidence that it is effective, so just like with my other claim you just have to take my word for it.
I like to see it as what we call a soul is simply the hashcode of our being. They’re technically not unique, but as you’re the only you they are. It’s not some guiding spirit to your conciousness, it’s who you are. The choices you make, the experiences you’ve had, the things you’ve thought and the conclusions you’ve reached, the sum of your being, encoded.
I hope I do, I hope we all do
don’t see any reason that our consciousness and our so called “soul” would be any more then something our brain is making up
I mean, yeah, and? Brain and body are hardware, soul and mind are software. Software that’s hardware-limited, to be specific. I am, my soul is, the decision-making process. Maybe that process will be copied onto a different platform, after this one fails, by an omniscient and loving God… and maybe it won’t. It’s no less real, I’m no less real, if my operating window is only temporary.
Ah, but don’t you feel it? You have played this act before, and you will do it again. Like living fractals we rise again and again. Or perhaps we fall over and over.
No. It’s religious quackery.
Yes, I believe humans and animals have a soul. Certainly believe so after reading books by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
I haven’t read any of her works. Any recommendation on where to get started?
The book that inspired me a lot was a translation of On Life after Death by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first published 1984. I’ve got another book by her but that is very different and more focused on research.
No
No, I believe soul is an abstract concept we like to define with our ego after misinterpreting a bunch of ancient people with a unique writing style that doesn’t translate well into our age.
I found exploring alchemy better defined what the soul meant for me.
Animate is the closest word I can get to soul. It can be attributed to non living things as well. It’s just complex energy structures within a certain blanket - an embodied aura if you will.
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This is an interesting question for me. I used to be solidly in the “no” camp but became part of the “yes” camp due to some things I’ve experienced in life.
Life is strange. Maybe it’s nothing more than what is happening in our brain. Maybe it’s more than that. I choose to believe the latter, but I’m open to having my belief challenged if (when?) scientific study provides a better answer than what we have now.
