(April 9, 2011 at 11:50 am)Zenith Wrote: So, we'll probably have to wait from 1000 to 10000 years to see if scientists can really create a human being from atoms (which would require a lot of study in all those years and a lot of failed attempts). At the end of those 10000 years, if they still did not succeed, then they would say that "soon enough we will discover the secret", so only if they succeed we would be able to know for sure.Exactly. So you gamble using the information you have available? The information you supplied (and scientifically true), suggests that the odds are in favour of a soul, not so? (using your argument). Thus any choice that is made in opposition to available facts is made on the basis of personal preference?
For now, I guess we can only gamble.
Another aspect to consider is that the "creation" of a human by scientific methods does not by implication suggest that a soul would be absent. Normal fertlilization of an egg by a sperm cell does not by implication suggest the presence of a soul.
Getting down to it, the chances are 50/50 that a soul exists after death (although near-death experiences suggests odds in favour of a soul seperate from the body).
Considering this, and knowing what the alternatives are for the destination of the soul, would a shrewd person not hedge his bets by taking the safest option - where the potential "penalties" are eliminated without any negative consequences of this choice?
