Jopo1980 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 NOTE: This is not intended to be a religious debate, but more of a scientific and philosophical debate. OK, here is the question: Do souls exist and if yes, do they carry on after we are dead? What is a soul? What is the purpose of a soul? Do we have scientific evidence of souls? Is there evidence of an afterlife? If souls exist, how can we detect them? If souls are purely energy, then what energy are they? Do souls exist in different dimensions or planes than us? These and further questions are the topic of this thread. There hasn´t been too much research into proving or disproving souls, but conventional neuroscience and medical science would easily reduce a human beings personality and traits to only electro-chemical impulses in the brain. Is that truly all we are? Just biological machines who live out their lives and then disappear forever into the great oblivion? Or is there something more? What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 This is probably going to get locked. There is no evidence for a soul and it seems to me that the brain is everything you are. If you die, you are gone forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisnpuppy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Yes it is going to get locked...I would request it be so before anyone gets in trouble...though I understand what you are trying to do...it just wont work. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sync182 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 It may not be locked...so long as we keep away from contentious issues such as religion. There is no evidence for a soul and it seems to me that the brain is everything you are. If you die, you are gone forever. Prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 It may not be locked...so long as we keep away from contentious issues such as religion. There is no evidence for a soul and it seems to me that the brain is everything you are. If you die, you are gone forever. Prove it.Prove that there is no evidence for a soul? How am I supposed to prove the non existence of something? Prove that there is not a fairy living inside of your brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 It may not be locked...so long as we keep away from contentious issues such as religion. There is no evidence for a soul and it seems to me that the brain is everything you are. If you die, you are gone forever. Prove it.Prove that there is no evidence for a soul? How am I supposed to prove the non existence of something?This is why these debates just don't work. And it's one of those things that many people just can't seem to get their head around. Neither through debate nor scientific experiment can you prove that something doesn't exist. You can only empirically prove the existence, not the non-existence. But since you're wondering...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul In short, nobody can agree on what a soul is, let alone, who should have one. If that doesn't hint that this topic is a real nest of vipers... I don't know what will. /locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts