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3. Why would a soul want a body?
1. What is a soul?
The forum is called "Religion and Science" and the question of how the immaterial could influence the material in reality is unanswered in science, hence is a relevant question.What are you doing with materialism in a dir about science? That is philosophy.
Give it time. Reductionism is a work in progress.the mental is caused by the physical, but can't be reduced to the physical.
The forum is called "Religion and Science" and the question of how the immaterial could influence the material in reality is unanswered in science, hence is a relevant question.
Give it time. Reductionism is a work in progress.
The picture might be clearer when a clear answer to Question 1 is provided.The body seems to provide the physical resistance/limitation; the measuring stick. It isn't clear that the soul could have this experience any other way.
Energy is part of the physical universe (the material universe).It seems to be the energy that turns on physical devices
The brain works by the interplay of biochemistry and bioelectricity between neurons, and these form the basis, as we presently see it, of the monitoring of sensory input, the selection of relevant signals, the making of decisions, the enabling of appropriate responses, the laying down and recalling of memory, the release of hormones (adrenaline, testosterone, on and on), motor commands, language functions, self-editing, and of course more.but I think it also might be a carrier of knowledge.
Yes, this thread attempts to implement your Plan B there.Maybe we aren't supposed to know. Then again, maybe we are supposed to learn about what the soul is, while we are here.
1. What is a soul?1. What is a soul?
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
3. Why would a soul want a body?
4. What does a soul actually do?
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
Materialism may well be a simple and accurate abstraction about that particular state of affairs called "the universe".Well, materialism is philosophy. As for time, you run into some knowledge versus all knowledge. It may be that we can't answer that.
So if the question is "What is the soul?", the answer is, "Don't know" ?1. What is a soul?
According to my beliefs:
“Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel.”
If there's no answer to Q.1, how can there be an answer to Q.2 (&c) ?2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
All humans have a soul.
Why?3. Why would a soul want a body?
A soul does not want a body, a soul associates with the body around the time of conception and animates the body, giving it life.
If I might say so respectfully, that's really unhelpful.4. What does a soul actually do?
The soul directs the body and brain and mind. The soul works through the brain and while we are alive on earth in a physical body, but when we die and no longer have a physical body the soul continues to live. It lives forever, and that is why it is called an immortal soul.
The soul is the sum total of the personality so it is the person himself; the physical body is pure matter with no real identity. The person, after he dies and leaves his physical body behind remains the same person, and he goes to the spiritual world where he continues the life he conducted in the physical world. The soul takes on some kind of a spiritual form made up of elements that exist in the spiritual world.
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
By some process unbeknownst to us.
The soul as animating principle again. Hmm.6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
If you had no soul your body would be dead, since the soul is necessary for the body to live.
If you had no soul you would not be a person since the soul is the person.
A coherent view.1. What is a soul? : An imagined entity.
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?: None - Humans, animals, or vegetation.
3. Why would a soul want a body?: Question does not arise, since it is a non-existent entity, like unicorns, etc.
4. What does a soul actually do?: Does not exist, therefore, does nothing.
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?: Question does not arise, since it is a non-existent entity, just human imagination.
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?: I am a perfectly human person, with warts and all. I do not have any soul.
The answer is I don't know the nature of the soul but I know the function of the soul, as I described.
So if the question is "What is the soul?", the answer is, "Don't know" ?
The nature of the soul is what it is comprised of, etc. and nobody knows that. Exactly how the soul works in the body nobody knows but I believe that the soul animates the body and directs its faculties.If there's no answer to Q.1, how can there be an answer to Q.2 (&c) ?
I believe that all living things have a spirit that animates them but only humans have a soul.Why?
And if it's necessary for animation, doesn't it follow that all living things from microorganisms upwards have an externally supplied animating principle? Humans can't be the only critters who need a soul to be alive, can they?
Sorry.If I might say so respectfully, that's really unhelpful.
So souls are found in nature, you suggest?
The brain works by the interplay of biochemistry and bioelectricity between neurons, and these form the basis, as we presently see it, of the monitoring of sensory input, the selection of relevant signals, the making of decisions, the enabling of appropriate responses, the laying down and recalling of memory, the release of hormones (adrenaline, testosterone, on and on), motor commands, language functions, self-editing, and of course more.
So where is the soul in all that?
A soul is a deity, a god in its own right.1. What is a soul?
I am not too sure if I believe animals and other forms of organic lives have souls. I believe human beings have souls. Thank to millions of years of evolution, our brain has evolved to be able to communicate with this soul, as well as god(?).2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
Perhaps the body and soul are necessary for each other’s existence. If reincarnation is real, then the soul exists, absent of a body. Yet it finds it way to another body. If reincarnation isn’t true, then perhaps the soul is created upon conception, when the body is created.3. Why would a soul want a body?
It is up to the individual to align its efforts to maximize the use it can get out of the soul. The soul offers unlimited perspective. It is the means in which you can transmute your desires and ambitions into physical reality. It is an omniscient teacher.4. What does a soul actually do?
The brain has been highly developed through the process of evolution. I believe it is as simple as this. Our brain is a receiver in which it can communicate with Infinite Intelligence i.e. soul or God.5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
Perhaps the soul is integral in our ability to exist, so perhaps we wouldn’t exist at all. Tough question.6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
Materialism may well be a simple and accurate abstraction about that particular state of affairs called "the universe".
1. What is a soul?
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
3. Why would a soul want a body?
4. What does a soul actually do?
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
perhaps the soul wants a body in order to reach nirvana, that is, ending the cycle of rebirth. That is what the Buddhists believe I think.
1. What is a soul?
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
3. Why would a soul want a body?
4. What does a soul actually do?
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
1. What is a soul?
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
3. Why would a soul want a body?
4. What does a soul actually do?
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?
1. What is a soul?
2. Who (and/or what) has a soul?
3. Why would a soul want a body?
4. What does a soul actually do?
5. If the soul is "immaterial", how does it communicate with the material brain?
6. If you had no soul, how would you be different?