@Cap'n Scarlet: The immaterial, metaphysical entities and devices themselves would have no empirical evidence for themselves, but you are correct in saying the impact of these things on the natural world would be observable. In the case of a soul, I refer back to what I previously stated on the subject, which was
The soul is a personal thing. The impact it has on one's life is unique to the individual and observable as such. Ever felt you had a 'calling'? Ever ended up somewhere you needed to be at the exact right time? The soul is a small ripple in the current of something much bigger. You see a soul through its impact on the world, not through seeing the soul itself. I doubt you'd be able to describe a soul to someone else if you did see it anyway. It's not definable by standard means, and to ask someone to describe something so silly as its physical characteristics, such as height and weight and volume, is ridiculously petty and materialistic.
You know how we've never seen a black hole before? But yet we are aware of their existence through the impact they have on the universe? Yeah, now apply that same reasoning to the soul. Because if you can apply it to black holes but not souls, you're being dishonest with yourself.
(March 7, 2011 at 11:08 am)Watson Wrote:Quote: The soul is a personal thing, we find it within ourselves and all the proof one needs of it is a glance at the inner workings of oneself. It's like breathing, something you do all the time but could almost never explain.
No one can tell another what exactly a soul is, for with each new person comes a new soul. There may be similarities between two souls and they may intertwine but ultimately they defy label or category, description or knowledge. You can't just ask me what exactly a soul is and expect my answer to satisfy you, because at the end of the day that is all that it is; my answer. Yours is still yet to be found, as you have ceased looking.
The soul is a personal thing. The impact it has on one's life is unique to the individual and observable as such. Ever felt you had a 'calling'? Ever ended up somewhere you needed to be at the exact right time? The soul is a small ripple in the current of something much bigger. You see a soul through its impact on the world, not through seeing the soul itself. I doubt you'd be able to describe a soul to someone else if you did see it anyway. It's not definable by standard means, and to ask someone to describe something so silly as its physical characteristics, such as height and weight and volume, is ridiculously petty and materialistic.
You know how we've never seen a black hole before? But yet we are aware of their existence through the impact they have on the universe? Yeah, now apply that same reasoning to the soul. Because if you can apply it to black holes but not souls, you're being dishonest with yourself.