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Do you believe that human beings have a soul? A soul being defined as consciousness not tied to our physical body, which in some form remains even after the death of our mortal body.

Before I answer, define what a soul is in scientific terms... Ha!! Hoisted on my own petard

i believe dogs have souls. humans, i'm not so sure about...

I'm not religious, but I put undecided. I don't think we can ever know, until we die.

Soul/Spirit/Mojo... we got 'em.

We've got something that's for sure.

Maybe, maybe not. Maybe it's the belief that we have a soul that is the soul. Maybe our soul is a collection of who we are in a corporeal form made by imagination. Maybe we really do have a consciousness in a body that will live on after the body's death.

I don't know so I won't care until I do.

Definitely not. Too bad, it'd be a nice thing to have.

Yes...see James Brown and Marvin Gaye.

I don't really think so. I was raised Catholic, but I'm not particularly religious because I believe in science, in physical proof of something. I believe in life on other worlds, that life is just something that planets do given the right circumstances - it isn't the result of (one of many potential) magical ghosts who created life and bestowed souls on us for judgment/harvesting after death, etc.

A lot of religious folks/friends of mine try to rebut with 'WELL WHAT EXISTED BEFORE THE BIG BANG MATT? YOU TELL ME WHY SCIENCE HASN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET."

My answer is typically along the lines of, humans just aren't at that level of understanding the universe yet. Eventually we will solve it, but right now we are far too primitive in mind, science, and technological capability.

We've got a massive ego, that's about it.

So, no.

Yes. Even if there is no God, I don't see how anyone can not think that there is some part of humanity, an essential essence, that isn't tied to the physical body.

I have a sole. In fact I have two.

 Ahtman wrote:
I have a sole. In fact I have two.

You have 2 pet fish What are their names?

OT I'd like to think so but probably not by OP's definition. I believe we have souls but my own definition isn't about immortality, personally I can't stand the thought of being forced to go somewhere and hang out with billions of other souls in some pre-determined area, or even worse, remain on this planet just without my body for all eternity and I wouldn't want to come back as a trout or something either. I haven't come across a ghost or spirit yet to confirm my will to believe in such things at any rate. I think 'soul' is more that indefinable human spirit that resides in all of us, our universal human mojo if you will, that is a cornerstone factor in determining if we're awesome or complete numpties. IMHO

No, of course not.

 warspawned wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
I have a sole. In fact I have two.

You have 2 pet fish What are their names?

Righty and Lefty, and they were delicious.

 Soladrin wrote:
We've got a massive ego, that's about it.

So, no.

This. Even the non-religious won't let the reality of 'we are no different from any other animal/plant/anything' sink in because they have to believe we exist with some explicit uniqueness which makes us valid and important.

I've got tons of soul, I play in a blues band.

I've got soul but I'm not soldier.

I had a soul until a Black Knight stole it from me. Repeatedly.

Ex Wife destroyed mine

Undecided... Since we know, scientifically that Gingers do NOT have souls, there should be research and testing conducted to determine whether or not non-gingers universally have souls, or if it's a random assortment.

I'm yet to hear any *meaningful* definition of a soul that makes sense.

It's been well documented and proven that you can alter a personality by altering the brain- either physically or chemically. Hell you only have to get drunk to realise that.

I voted no, because I see no evidence to suggest the contrary, and the default position in the absence of evidence is false.

Even MORE interesting than the poll results are the comments in this thread. While the poll results are almost evenly matched, the comments are almost 100% 'no' or dismissive. (Not bagging on people for making jokes, the disparity is just interesting to me.)

Nah, just egos and a sense of superiority.

No.

 Jimsolo wrote:
Even MORE interesting than the poll results are the comments in this thread. While the poll results are almost evenly matched, the comments are almost 100% 'no' or dismissive. (Not bagging on people for making jokes, the disparity is just interesting to me.)

Maybe they are so vocal because they are miserable and have no hope in anything? Lack of hope tends to lead to haterism.

Or we are all bots.

nkelsch wrote:

 Soladrin wrote:
We've got a massive ego, that's about it.

So, no.

This. Even the non-religious won't let the reality of 'we are no different from any other animal/plant/anything' sink in because they have to believe we exist with some explicit uniqueness which makes us valid and important.

Speak for yourself

I am quite comfortable being part of an animal species which just happened to hit on language and tool use in a big way. At the end of the day we are still animals and no better or worse than any other animal.