I figure I want to be on the asserting end of an argument for once.
Kirlian photography was a dead end: http://www.mediacollege.com/photography/types/kirlian/
Aura photography looks like a gimicky joke: http://www.auraphoto.com/
So I would like to introduce Dr. MacDougall: http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp
He found out by weighing dying patients that they lose a few grams right at the point of death. His sample size was far too small (6 people!) to be accepted as a conclusive test but with one patient there was a decided drop right at the moment of death. I find it interesting and would be interested in further studies like his.
The main reason I believe in a soul is because of an experience I had where I slowly rose out of my body and saw a silver thread connecting me to my astral body to my physical body. I had never read anything about astral projection so I had no prior knowledge that would lead me to create the hallucination of a silver thread. "The Llewelyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection" talks at length about the silver thread and there were other things that matched my experience.
My idea of a soul does not necessarily posit a seperate body that remains intact after death although it might account for ghost sightings if it did exist at least for a while after death. If there was a part that lived on it would be the spirit and I am pretty sure that doesn't exist. The soul for me would be comprised of the energetic part of the body and the mind.
*Braces for impact as he knows he is about to be laughed off the forums*
Rhizo
Kirlian photography was a dead end: http://www.mediacollege.com/photography/types/kirlian/
Aura photography looks like a gimicky joke: http://www.auraphoto.com/
So I would like to introduce Dr. MacDougall: http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp
He found out by weighing dying patients that they lose a few grams right at the point of death. His sample size was far too small (6 people!) to be accepted as a conclusive test but with one patient there was a decided drop right at the moment of death. I find it interesting and would be interested in further studies like his.
The main reason I believe in a soul is because of an experience I had where I slowly rose out of my body and saw a silver thread connecting me to my astral body to my physical body. I had never read anything about astral projection so I had no prior knowledge that would lead me to create the hallucination of a silver thread. "The Llewelyn Practical Guide to Astral Projection" talks at length about the silver thread and there were other things that matched my experience.
My idea of a soul does not necessarily posit a seperate body that remains intact after death although it might account for ghost sightings if it did exist at least for a while after death. If there was a part that lived on it would be the spirit and I am pretty sure that doesn't exist. The soul for me would be comprised of the energetic part of the body and the mind.
*Braces for impact as he knows he is about to be laughed off the forums*
Rhizo
