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It should be noted that there was once a study made at the turn of the 20th century by Duncan MacDougall of the loss of weight at the time of death.  The scientist doing the measurements concluded that this loss of weight (approximately three quarters of an ounce) was due to the soul leaving the body.<ref>http://www.bio.miami.edu/dywang/Soul-Searching.html</ref>  He also did a similar experiment with [[dog]]s, but found no change in weight, which would match the Chistian concept that of [[God]]'s [[creation]]s on the earth, humans alone have souls.  No known attempts to follow up his work have ever been made.

It should be noted that there was once a study made at the turn of the 20th century by Duncan MacDougall of the loss of weight at the time of death.  The scientist doing the measurements concluded that this loss of weight (approximately three quarters of an ounce) was due to the soul leaving the body.<ref>http://www.bio.miami.edu/dywang/Soul-Searching.html</ref>  He also did a similar experiment with [[dog]]s, but found no change in weight, which would match the Chistian concept that of [[God]]'s [[creation]]s on the earth, humans alone have souls.  No known attempts to follow up his work have ever been made.

In [[religion]]s that believe in [[reincarnation]], such as [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Taoism]] and [[Jain|Jainism]], all [[animal]]s have souls, as they believe that a soul can be [[born]] into any animal after death.  This is part of why the [[Jain]] religion and less so in [[Buddhism]], there are strict [[Five Precepts|prohibition]] against indiscriminately killing or harming living things.

In [[religion]]s that believe in [[reincarnation]], such as [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Taoism]] and [[Jain]]ism, all [[animal]]s have souls, as they believe that a soul can be [[born]] into any animal after death.  This is part of why the [[Jain]] religion and less so in [[Buddhism]], there are strict [[Five Precepts|prohibition]] against indiscriminately killing or harming living things.

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Atman]]

* [[Atman]]

* [[Consciousness]] ([[Sanskrit]]: ''Alaya vignana'') in [[Buddhism]]

* [[Consciousness]] ([[Sanskrit]]: ''Alaya vignana'') in [[Buddhism]]

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