RE: Arguments against Soul
February 10, 2020 at 12:57 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2020 at 12:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 10, 2020 at 11:54 am)tackattack Wrote:(February 5, 2020 at 10:03 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: My physical senses don't seem to work the same way that yours do Tack. I don't feel any soul. In fact, my physical senses don't provide me with any non natural information whatsoever.
You either have senses I don't, or you have a soul that I don't. I still have a moral sense, and a mind. What's the best explanation for my not having a soul, while still retaining those things you've claimed soul is the best explanation for?
I believe you do have a soul Gae. We can quibble about the definition and the source. Just as some fish sense electromagnetic fields, and bees detect the charge of ions, and mantis shrimp see circular polarization, why couldn't there be a sense that I have that you don't or that's more practiced than yours? Now I understand all those things other animals see are natural and measurable and a soul might eventually be labeled as a perfectly understandable and natural part of being human. I'm certain, though that other fish perceive the mantis shrimp as having something they don't, and from their perspective super-natural.
Are you basing that belief on some physical sense you have, of me having soul? I don't feel it.
You may have a sense that I don't, this is already conceded as a possibility. That would be a very impressive claim, if you want to make it. I just want to be sure that you're wedded to it.
I'm still wondering what the best explanation would be, in your opinion, for my having a mind and a moral sense..if it turned out that I didn't have a soul. Maybe you do have a super sense..but that won't mean that -I- have a soul.
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