What is a soul?

Skrill · Post by **Skrill** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:54 pm

It is fact that the Physical Brain controls memories, personality. Thousands of other actions are all controlled by our nervous system, which is managed by our brains.

Therefore, what consensus is there for any evidence for a soul(s)? As the existence of the soul is very central to any belief or religion.

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hoghead1 · Post by **hoghead1** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:17 pm

[Replying to post 260 by Checkpoint]
Making rude remarks such as "Haha" don't belong in a serious theological discussion. You should be more respectful. She does in fact have a perfectly valid case based on Matthew 27: 50 on. If you 9iwsh to provide some alternative, you are free to do so, which you have yet to do.

hoghead1 · Post by **hoghead1** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:34 pm

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Checkpoint · Post by **Checkpoint** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:43 pm

hoghead1 wrote: [Replying to post 260 by Checkpoint]
Making rude remarks such as "Haha" don't belong in a serious theological discussion. You should be more respectful. She does in fact have a perfectly valid case based on Matthew 27: 50 on. If you 9iwsh to provide some alternative, you are free to do so, which you have yet to do.

I thought she made an interesting observation, and just wanted to acknowledge that with my playful word.

How easily one can be misunderstod when not face to face.

I intended no disrespect or rudeness, I think Talishi is a thinker who has written very good posts.

Therefore I have deleted that remark.

Checkpoint · Post by **Checkpoint** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:51 pm

hoghead1 wrote: [Replying to post 262 by Checkpoint]

Look, just speak for yourself and leave others speak for themselves.

Ok, post #262 deleted.

hoghead1 · Post by **hoghead1** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:52 pm

[Replying to post 264 by Checkpoint]

Yes, very true. We have all screwed up here at one time or another simply because we don't know one another and are not face to face. So don't worry about it.

Talishi · Post by **Talishi** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:05 pm

hoghead1 wrote: [Replying to post 264 by Checkpoint]

Yes, very true. We have all screwed up here at one time or another simply because we don't know one another and are not face to face. So don't worry about it.

If there was a way to chat real-time, I have found that much of the vitriol falls away, after having been on Internet Relay Chat since 1997.

hoghead1 · Post by **hoghead1** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:13 pm

[Replying to post 267 by Talishi]

Interesting. But what exactly do you mean by real time? Face to face? Part of the problem in these discussion groups is that everyone is largely anonymous, all net nyms, etc.

Talishi · Post by **Talishi** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:22 pm

hoghead1 wrote: [Replying to post 267 by Talishi]Interesting. But what exactly do you mean by real time? Face to face? Part of the problem in these discussion groups is that everyone is largely anonymous, all net nyms, etc.

What I mean is a chat situation, where everyone is posting live. I remember the dynamic of having "enemies" on Usenet (similar to this forum format) chatting live, and you feel like you have to deal with them in a much different way, with much more respect.

hoghead1 · Post by **hoghead1** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 12:16 am

[Replying to Talishi]

Oh, OK. Now I get what you are saying. No, there is no substitute for something like live chat or fact-to-face.

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:15 am

hoghead1 wrote: [Replying to post 249 by JehovahsWitness]

Our names are names for a society of perishing occasions, no two occasions ever being identical. As I said, no thinker thinks twice. You can never go back to the way you were before.

What has this got to with death and your claim that souls (the whole physical person) survives the grave by which I presume you mean death (the grave)?

So how is a soul being dead distinguishable from just growing? When you are growing/changing, you don't cease to exist as a whole person.

You said :
I think of the soul, as the body, as having an intermittent existence.

Intermittent with what? Non-existence, Perishing? Does the soul (ie the whole person) cease to exist at any moment?

JW

JW