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Arguments against Soul
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 6:37 pm
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 6:38 pm
Well, Soul, like jazz, is something I wouldn’t consider good music.

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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 6:43 pm
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 7:19 pm
Looking at my old tennis shoes, I can say for sure they have no soles.
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming"  -The Prophet Boiardi-

   
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 7:23 pm
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 7:47 pm
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 1, 2019 at 9:57 pm
(September 1, 2019 at 6:37 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Maybe good to have a clear definition of what a soul is.

In Aristotelian hylomorphism, the soul is the form of the body, including not only its shape and construction but its operations as well. This is always present with the hyle, the material of the body, which today we would call carbon, hydrogen, etc. 

The Christians have faith (no proof of course) that this same morph is transferred at death to a different hyle. I don't believe that, but I still think that when Aristotelians and others talk about soul as morphe it can be a useful term.

Why do we need a definition, it adds little to the conversation. No matter how you define soul it will remain a concept of the mind.

Or is this an example of your need to express "I know more than you"?
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 2, 2019 at 1:53 am
Give me your best arguments against....

A soul
A shoul
A gork
A snork
A bjork
A pline
A line
A hinj
A frinj
A retel
And a ketel

I can define each one if you like.
Can you give me your best arguments against the existence of all of them ?

It would seem to me that in order to argue against the existence of something that you'll first need to discover if that thing exists.

If it doesn't exist, then there is no need to argue for it's non existence.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 3, 2019 at 6:54 pm

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Arguments against Soul
September 3, 2019 at 7:40 pm
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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