Get on board the soul train
The soul. We've all got our theories. But what helps us form these? Religion seems to be a big one here. Does anyone just sit there trying to form their own opinion?
I'm not the biggest fan of religion. If you are then fair play to you, but don't try to force it down my throat. I've had the "Why don't you believe?" discussion plenty of times, and I've always won. If you can't prove something to me then I won't believe you. Simple as that. Show me the afterlife, the devil, a justified miracle that has absolutely no other explanation and you'll have my interest. Until then, you're wasting your time.
If the Buddist principle is correct then every creature should have a soul since we are all different incarnations of ourselves. If the Christian principles are correct then only humans have a soul. But what is it perceived to be? Maybe it's a non-physical store of our personality and ideaology. Maybe it's a blueprint for a new person. Maybe it's everything we are mentally that will represent us in the afterlife. If that's the case then why would we feel pain in hell?
Personally, I'm not convinced. Again it goes back to things having to be proven to me. If I could see it then that would be fine. Of course that would force me to at least reconsider my belief system. If I could feel it then that would also help.
What about ghosts? Are they souls? The dead trapped and tormented on Earth? Again, I've never seen one but my Grandma swears she has. I'm not going to argue with her about it. But, can they be attributed to other things? Being half asleep? Affraid? Paranoid? Eating something that didn't agree with you? Or are you just seeing it because you're expecting it? Until I have a good long chat with one then I have no idea.
So. The soul. A theory to keep you warm at night so that you don't fear death? So that you don't come to the realisation that either tomorrow or in years to come you'll find yourself in a pine box, 6 feet under and unable to move? Or is it something you can only see when you're dead? I'm in no hurry to find out either way.
I'm not the biggest fan of religion. If you are then fair play to you, but don't try to force it down my throat. I've had the "Why don't you believe?" discussion plenty of times, and I've always won. If you can't prove something to me then I won't believe you. Simple as that. Show me the afterlife, the devil, a justified miracle that has absolutely no other explanation and you'll have my interest. Until then, you're wasting your time.
If the Buddist principle is correct then every creature should have a soul since we are all different incarnations of ourselves. If the Christian principles are correct then only humans have a soul. But what is it perceived to be? Maybe it's a non-physical store of our personality and ideaology. Maybe it's a blueprint for a new person. Maybe it's everything we are mentally that will represent us in the afterlife. If that's the case then why would we feel pain in hell?
Personally, I'm not convinced. Again it goes back to things having to be proven to me. If I could see it then that would be fine. Of course that would force me to at least reconsider my belief system. If I could feel it then that would also help.
What about ghosts? Are they souls? The dead trapped and tormented on Earth? Again, I've never seen one but my Grandma swears she has. I'm not going to argue with her about it. But, can they be attributed to other things? Being half asleep? Affraid? Paranoid? Eating something that didn't agree with you? Or are you just seeing it because you're expecting it? Until I have a good long chat with one then I have no idea.
So. The soul. A theory to keep you warm at night so that you don't fear death? So that you don't come to the realisation that either tomorrow or in years to come you'll find yourself in a pine box, 6 feet under and unable to move? Or is it something you can only see when you're dead? I'm in no hurry to find out either way.
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