Where does the soul reside?
June 11th, 2016 at 8:48:33 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
I think the key word in regards to your argument here is damage. If the brain is damaged then again the vessel of the soul is damaged in how it can express itself. After a stroke the person who all the sudden curses like a sailor is not the behavior of the sweet grandma. The soul of grandma is still there but can no longer be expressed like it used to be able to when the body and brain were undamaged. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
June 11th, 2016 at 9:27:01 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25685 |
It's meaningless for the soul. It has no location in the body, how could it. The soul is non physical, you can't find it by physical means. It's not your personality, that's a fleeting thing you develop to cope with daily life. The soul is something every living thing has, but humans are aware of theirs, and this has caused more problems than can be imagined. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 11th, 2016 at 9:51:51 AM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4530 |
Given some of your earlier posts regarding reincarnation EB do you believe that the soul of a dead person relocates to a new person? Were does it reside if a new body isn't instantly available while it's waiting? "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
June 11th, 2016 at 10:02:12 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 | Where is the soul in the case of somebody who is brain dead and kept "alive" by machines? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 11th, 2016 at 11:03:05 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | I would say that the soul is still present in the body. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
June 11th, 2016 at 11:41:48 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Gone :( Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
June 11th, 2016 at 11:46:27 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25685 |
Dunno. Some of the kids who had past memories report various things. Some said they just hung out near where they died, in a timeless place, till they were born again. Others reported nothing at all, they just remember dying and all of a sudden they're born again. It's vague because it's not a focused place like this is. You don't have a physical brain, so it's not like what we experience here. The time varies, some don't come back for years and years and have no idea where they were in the interim. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 11th, 2016 at 11:51:48 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25685 |
Where else would it go. Your soul is with you as long as the body is alive. Mormons believe our souls go to heaven for eternity and live with all the members of the family we had on earth. They believe in baptising family who are long dead. Can you imagine, your family, most of whom you avoided on earth, you're now stuck with forever? We love to invent fairy tales about what happens after we die. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 11th, 2016 at 12:06:56 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
</irony> It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
June 11th, 2016 at 12:08:56 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 200 Posts: 20760 | So some believe a dual brain transplant wouldn't result in the complete transfer of the person's identity to a the new body. John is Jay, and Jay is John. And that's all it would be. Your brain is your soul, if you have one at all. "Facts are whatever I say they are." - Trump |