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But merely positing a soul (as a spiritual substance) doesn't actually explain anything. Burr Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 07:46:35 PM
It's at best an empty placeholder or hope for an explanation. Science at least provides a partial explanation of the unknown by describing the boundaries of what we know. If you say the soul is whatever human qualities haven't yet been discovered by science, then the soul theory is falsified every time a scientific discovery about humanity is made.

That said, you could say I believe in the "soul" as a good label for a collection of qualities that humans happen to possess. I just don't see any need (scientifically or theologically) for positing a spiritual substance to explain those qualities.
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Do you think there's some kind of spiritual substance in the universe? Lordling - 14/09/2009 02:42:22 PM 996 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 316 Views
No *NM* Insolitus - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 309 Views
not a chance *NM* clam - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 305 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) LadyLorraine - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 824 Views
On a gut level, I think all substance is teleologically tied to one or more kinds of consciousness. Burr - 14/09/2009 04:03:31 PM 738 Views
aaah but who says we can percieve all there is to percieve in relation to our persons? LadyLorraine - 14/09/2009 04:14:08 PM 754 Views
But merely positing a soul (as a spiritual substance) doesn't actually explain anything. Burr - 14/09/2009 07:46:35 PM 680 Views
i'm not saying that all inexplained qualities are due to "soul" LadyLorraine - 14/09/2009 07:50:27 PM 744 Views
Re: i'm not saying that all inexplained qualities are due to "soul" Burr - 14/09/2009 08:05:41 PM 737 Views
Carts and horses. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:10:22 PM 880 Views
No *NM* Monkey - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 305 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? jh - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 743 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? Lordling - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 733 Views
I think there is definitely a spiritual force that underlies the unity of all things Matrimony Cauthon - 14/09/2009 06:11:01 PM 766 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 802 Views
No. *NM* Entophile - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 296 Views
define "spiritual'. Avendesora - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 718 Views
Rum. Craig - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 742 Views
YES! *NM* Elaine - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 329 Views
How are we not married? *NM* Craig - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 307 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 308 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* Craig - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 310 Views
Timing *NM* Elaine - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 309 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* Craig - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 317 Views
Your Face. *NM* jh - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 309 Views
My Achilles face! Craig - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 647 Views
No *NM* Dragonsworn - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 286 Views
No *NM* Camilla - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 305 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* Stephen - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 290 Views
Substance? Great Lord of Chaos - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 716 Views
Yeah, boobs. Vodalus - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 701 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. Joel - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 737 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. jh - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 775 Views
Sorry. Joel - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 694 Views
Re: Sorry. Burr - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 678 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse Isaac - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 734 Views
Nicely put. *NM* everynametaken - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 299 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* Ghavrel - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 277 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 946 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose Sports_Gambler - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 649 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 857 Views
One little correction Isaac - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 834 Views
That makes it more complex, but I agree the same basic problem persists. Joel - 07/10/2009 12:11:07 PM 891 Views
Nay. Burr - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 680 Views
Re: Nay. Joel - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 788 Views
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