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What the hell is a 'soul' anyway?
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RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway?
The meaning of the term "soul" is somewhat variable.  In the ancients, it is the same as mind, the part of you that thinks and feels.  Combining that with modern science, the soul is some of the processes of the brain.  This makes the soul like the "harmony" that is discussed in Plato's Phaedo.  And, generally, it dies before some other parts of you die, before all of the cells of your body are each individually dead, your mind is gone.

Any other story you are going to hear about the "soul" is likely to be bullshit.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 27, 2015 at 7:01 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ashground - August 27, 2015 at 7:04 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 27, 2015 at 7:09 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 27, 2015 at 7:14 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - August 30, 2015 at 11:04 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 30, 2015 at 1:14 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by abaris - August 27, 2015 at 7:14 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Longhorn - August 27, 2015 at 7:20 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 27, 2015 at 7:22 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - August 27, 2015 at 7:26 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Kingpin - August 27, 2015 at 8:48 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 27, 2015 at 9:27 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Jenny A - August 27, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - August 27, 2015 at 9:51 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by brewer - August 27, 2015 at 8:55 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by vorlon13 - August 27, 2015 at 10:54 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Spooky - August 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Wyrd of Gawd - August 27, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - August 27, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 27, 2015 at 7:44 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Paraselene - August 27, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 27, 2015 at 7:47 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Paraselene - August 27, 2015 at 7:48 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Jenny A - August 27, 2015 at 10:06 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 28, 2015 at 2:29 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by downbeatplumb - August 29, 2015 at 3:58 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - August 29, 2015 at 6:43 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Brakeman - August 29, 2015 at 9:18 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Pyrrho - August 27, 2015 at 9:21 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Redbeard The Pink - August 27, 2015 at 11:07 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by MTL - August 27, 2015 at 11:57 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 28, 2015 at 1:31 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - August 28, 2015 at 3:48 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Neo-Scholastic - August 28, 2015 at 12:53 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 28, 2015 at 1:33 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by FifthElement - August 29, 2015 at 1:15 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 28, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - August 28, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by tonechaser77 - August 28, 2015 at 4:34 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by MysticKnight - August 29, 2015 at 12:22 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 29, 2015 at 4:19 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 1:30 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 29, 2015 at 2:22 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 29, 2015 at 4:50 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 29, 2015 at 11:19 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 30, 2015 at 4:52 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 30, 2015 at 7:05 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - August 30, 2015 at 7:08 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 30, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - August 30, 2015 at 8:45 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Esquilax - August 30, 2015 at 7:29 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - August 29, 2015 at 12:36 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 30, 2015 at 5:04 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2015 at 10:28 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 30, 2015 at 10:54 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - August 30, 2015 at 3:29 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 3:03 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 4:48 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 4:51 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 29, 2015 at 4:53 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 4:55 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Longhorn - August 29, 2015 at 8:05 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - August 29, 2015 at 6:41 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - August 29, 2015 at 8:02 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - August 29, 2015 at 8:10 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - August 30, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - August 30, 2015 at 7:12 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - August 30, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - August 31, 2015 at 12:19 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - September 1, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - September 1, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - September 1, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Esquilax - September 1, 2015 at 6:31 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - September 3, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Drich - August 30, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - August 30, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Drich - August 30, 2015 at 1:26 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - August 30, 2015 at 1:43 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Esquilax - August 30, 2015 at 3:38 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - August 30, 2015 at 7:44 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by thehedglin - August 30, 2015 at 7:52 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - August 30, 2015 at 11:41 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - August 31, 2015 at 6:30 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by downbeatplumb - August 31, 2015 at 7:08 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Mudhammam - August 31, 2015 at 6:22 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - August 31, 2015 at 8:37 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Mudhammam - August 31, 2015 at 9:03 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Paraselene - August 31, 2015 at 6:32 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by comet - August 31, 2015 at 7:30 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - September 1, 2015 at 4:00 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by vorlon13 - September 1, 2015 at 7:46 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 12:07 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by vorlon13 - September 1, 2015 at 7:47 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by vorlon13 - September 2, 2015 at 12:10 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - September 2, 2015 at 12:12 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cecelia - September 2, 2015 at 9:21 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - September 2, 2015 at 11:03 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cecelia - September 2, 2015 at 11:18 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 3, 2015 at 2:04 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by thehedglin - September 3, 2015 at 11:33 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ravenshire - September 6, 2015 at 7:00 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Pyrrho - September 3, 2015 at 11:51 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by thehedglin - September 3, 2015 at 3:44 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 3, 2015 at 12:29 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Whateverist - September 4, 2015 at 1:12 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Ronkonkoma - September 7, 2015 at 4:28 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 4, 2015 at 1:45 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by TubbyTubby - September 4, 2015 at 3:25 am
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RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by TubbyTubby - September 4, 2015 at 4:43 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Jackie - September 4, 2015 at 9:41 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - September 4, 2015 at 10:05 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Lucanus - September 4, 2015 at 10:17 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - September 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Little lunch - September 4, 2015 at 8:33 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by IATIA - September 4, 2015 at 10:38 pm
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Little lunch - September 5, 2015 at 2:38 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - September 5, 2015 at 6:17 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - September 5, 2015 at 7:34 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 5, 2015 at 10:35 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Cyberman - September 5, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 5, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by ignoramus - September 6, 2015 at 7:19 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by robvalue - September 6, 2015 at 9:02 am
RE: What the hell is a 'soul' anyway? - by Little lunch - September 6, 2015 at 6:12 pm

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