Talk:Soul

Cleaned up this article a bit, needs to cite sources though. - anon

Looks suspiciously like satire to me... but I cant take it out, it does make an argument, and I cant see the counter-argument! We need a philosopher to take a look at it and produce a nice solid proof that the soul exists. Or at the very least, explain what it does.

Cut from article:

To date, there is no definitive record of a soul being observed and detected, although Dr. Duncan MacDougall did conduct an experiment that recorded a weight of two-tenths of an ounce in 1907. As the soul clearly exists - without it, an afterlife would not be possible and all of Christianity would be wrong -the only possible explanation for the lack of observations is that the soul must me invisible in all wavelengths, able to pass through ordinary matter, and thus difficult to detect. As an undetectable object cannot be proven not to exist, it follows that it must exist.

The soul is widely considered to be responsible for some function [citation needed]. Exactly what this something is remains a subject of debate, as all of the traditional functions for the soul - higher thinking, emotions, a moral sense, memory - have now been identified as a function of the brain. However, as there would be little point in saving a soul without memories, it is likely the soul replicates the contents of the brain.

I dispute the part about "identified as a function of the brain". Researchers have merely determined that if various parts of the brain are destroyed or severed, then these functions are impaired. --Ed Poor 06:42, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

Reverting: Already understood soul can not be viewed by what is stated above. Giving a list of devices that can not find it is therefore meaningless. Concept of the brain taking over the roles of the soul not cited; would need specific back up. Had already merged in thoughts on when soul enters the body. Little else of use except to be controversial to be controversial. Learn together 13:37, 30 May 2007 (EDT)