Animals can have personalities. People can have a herd mentality lacking intelligence, individualism and uniqueness.
Is the soul from a creator? How do you explain evil- do you admit there are evil souls/forces? Is the soul/creator split between good and evil? (This was a heresy of the Early Church but a doctrine of Zoroastrianism.) Baking powder and soda also create a rise in flour. Some peole prefer flat breads. :-) Civilization might progress on the basis of other criteria- there was a book/program about germs and steel but I forget the author and exact title. How do you measure the progress of the human race- or, do you see progress or merely an illusion created by the Industrial Revolution and technology and into whose hands/minds is this progress steered? Or does religious dogma suspend critical thinking in order to unify/pacify the populace into a common belief system? Same with political/economic theories. How has all this "been working" for the human race according to history? On Feb 22, 4:40 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hah yes I agree that it does appear a little contradictory. > > Let me attempt to explian it this way. > > You are a uniqeue individual, differant from me, and indeed every > other human on the planet. What is the root of this? > > It is clearly in the brain. The brain holds the essance of the > person, the physcolgy, the moral and beliefe structure, in short the > 'personality'. > > So then what is the soul? As you say it is my beliefe that soul is > spirit, further that only one spirit pervades the creation,that of the > creator. > > But spirit and matter are two differant things. > > A baking anology I think. > > I bake some bread and use some yeast, this yeast then is akin to soul, > and the flour akin to the all pervading creative spirit. After all > you cannot make bread without some form of flour. > > If I bake some bread without using yeast, it is still bread, it still > containes the flour, but bread bereft of yeast. > > So to is the differance between humans and animals. > > On Feb 21, 5:45 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On the one hand you profess that there is only one Spirit and the idea > > that there are more an illusion , on the other hand you speak of > > souls. Soul is Spirit , and if there is only one Spirit then there are > > no souls but only One Soul which would be common to all creatures. > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:45 PM, [email protected] > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ahh science huh. I may not know a lot but I am sure that science and > > > religion do not agree on many things, the existance of a soul being > > > one of them I for one would love to read any papers you have that > > > suggest that animals have souls. > > > > Anyhoo onwards. > > > > It is clear that what makes up all of what we may call a human takes > > > place in the brain. All that you or indeed I am, is due to the old > > > grey matter. Having said that however I am theist and so I belive in > > > the existance of the soul. > > > > So onwards to my initial question. What is a soul and do animals have > > > them? > > > > On Feb 18, 2:02 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM, [email protected] > > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > What is a soul and do other animals have them? > > > >> > On Feb 17, 6:03 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Will the goat on the butcher's table survive it's death ? Or will it > > >> >> die and be no more ? > > > >> The point to be debated is whether a person is something separate from > > >> the body and using the body , if so it follows that every animal is > > >> also using his body though being separate from it. Some major > > >> religions though making a provision for the human animal to possess a > > >> soul deny that privilige to the lessor animals which is against logic > > >> as science would have it. Either all living beings have souls or none > > >> have it.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
