How do you guys interpret "the soul"?
Is this a religious only concept?
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How do you guys interpret "the soul"?
Is this a religious only concept?
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Definitely not.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
What is "the soul" then?
** you beat me to it Studiose . . . I was trying to follow BDunnell's post.
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That's a good question, race.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
When I think of the word "soul", I think of the word "immortal". It's the essence of man that is independent of his body and mind. To me, the term associates with religion and belief in the creator and the afterlife. The thing is, I don't believe anything about me to be immortal, I think I was created by my parents, and I don't believe in the afterlife. So it follows that I don't believe I have a soul. I have body and mind, but nothing else.
In short, I think there's no such thing.
Interesting. I just view soul as a non-religious word, so for me it has no connotations that prevent me from thinking that people have one. That said, to me it is an extremely nebulous concept — I would describe someone as being 'soulless' without giving a moment's thought to it, yet could just as easily substitute another term.Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
It makes sense that "the soul" can mean something different to different people. Epistemology in action.
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"human being" = "body" (material) + "soul" (immaterial).
the soul isn't put there by some god or holy spirit but is simply the image of your "self", generated by your functioning brain.
body without soul = vegetable
that's how donkeys work anyway :)
Given that we're not entirely sure of what things like gravity or mass actually are, describing the soul might be something equally as difficult to empirically prove.
I don't think that we have the ability to even perceive anymore than about 5 dimensions. Certainly in my experience, time is a linear thing that only appears to flow in one direction and as time-travel isn't yet a reality, I don't know if we've managed to fold space-time through the sixth dimension yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
"Where" a being would get its morality from would be a very strange question to even consider in say the tenth dimension which would encompass all infinities and all possibilities. I'm not surprised that Mr Brown found the explanation/argument inadequate and to be totally frank I can't provide an adequate explanation/argument either if it's going to preside in the tenth dimension which is beyond the limits of our perception anyway.
What if mass, energy, gravity, or even the soul/spirit etc. is bound in a model parallel to the ten dimension model of space-time? Again I don't know how you'd empirically prove such a statement if it presides in a similar tenth dimension.
To my knowledge the countries with orthodox majority are Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Montenegro, Macedonia, Georgia.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I think people have different criteria to see the continent. I don't divide it only in north-south, eastern-western. I take also into account the central part. Which is mostly catholic.
Excuse me but it's early in the morning and I'm not in the mood for reasoning. I asked "Why should be a reason for everything?" and you amswered "Because we are born with gray matter between our ears? Some more some less, but yet it is there to use it. ". Then I mentioned the element "soul" because I reckon sometimes I tend to reason with my "heart"-if you know what I mean. If I got you wrong then so be it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Never thought your body hides the soul of a president of a multinational corporation.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Just kidding. :laugh:
Now seriously: obviously you can't ever become religious as your soul is tight only to the material and physical world and your principles are too material. I'd rather think that for your needs rationality is enough. I understand your soul is thirsty of knowledge but what happens with the feelings? More knowledge will help you to become a better man? And I'm afraid that following your soul desires you might be able to find what happen in the entire Universe or if life exists on Sirius but you'll never know the cause of life, why and for what purpose we exist. Something like:
Who are we?
Where do we come from?
Where are we going to?
Yes. Thank you. But could you satisfy another of my (sick) curiosity?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Were you raised in greek-catholic or protestant surroundings?