Soul or souless?

[lrh9]

Mind does not = soul lrh9 (I covered that above)

I said that the 'soul' is the mind.

[fr0d0]

I know you did lrh9. Hence my reply.

@ Ent: Semantics

[lrh9]

I know you did lrh9. Hence my reply.

Your reply did nothing to invalidate mine.

[fr0d0]

It did. I said that the mind is not the same thing as the soul. Your anecdote about the brain in connection with the mind is off topic.

[lrh9]

It did. I said that the mind is not the same thing as the soul.

You made an assertion. Simply because it contradicts my own that does not mean it falsifies my own.

[fr0d0]

I have no issue with you making comments on the main/ brain connection. As I have illustrated tho', this is off topic.

[lrh9]

The topic is whether or not there is a human soul.

Stating that the 'soul' is the mind/brain addresses that topic.

And I was talking to the original poster.

[Cego_Colher]

Frodo- if the soul is not the mind. then what is the soul, if it isn't memory or personality?

[DiRNiS]

Isn't the soul a made up concept to try and explain what takes control of our bodies? That is until we learned about the brain and how it functions.

There is no evidence for a "soul" or "spirit" inside our bodies.

[fr0d0]

Like I've said, the soul (mainstream Christian understanding) is the esssence of a person not in any way physical. Yes it's a supernatural thing and as such can't be evidenced empirically.

The majority of Christians understand the soul as an ontological reality distinct from, yet integrally connected with, the body. Its characteristics are described in moral, spiritual, and philosophical terms. When people die their souls will be judged by God and determined to spend an eternity in heaven or in hell. Though all branches of Christianity –Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox, Evangelical or mainline Protestants – teach that Jesus Christ plays a decisive role in the salvation process, the specifics of that role and the part played by individual persons or ecclesiastical rituals and relationships, is a matter of wide diversity in official church teaching, theological speculation and popular practice. Some Christians believe that if one has not repented of one's sins and trusted in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, he/she will go to hell and suffer eternal separation from God. Variations also exist on this theme, e.g. some which hold that the unrighteous soul will be destroyed instead of suffering eternally. Believers will inherit eternal life in heaven and enjoy eternal fellowship with God. There is also a belief that babies (including the unborn) and those with cognitive or mental impairments who have died will be received into heaven on the basis of God's grace through the sacrifice of Jesus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul#Christianity