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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 905 Views
no, it is mostly hydrogen *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 02:43:47 PM 279 Views
No *NM* Insolitus - 14/09/2009 03:01:32 PM 258 Views
not a chance *NM* clam - 14/09/2009 03:23:02 PM 263 Views
yes (in as much that we could choose to define it that way) LadyLorraine - 14/09/2009 03:31:40 PM 701 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 639 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 611 Views
But merely positing a soul (as a spiritual substance) doesn't actually explain anything. Burr - 14/09/2009 07:46:35 PM 580 Views
i'm not saying that all inexplained qualities are due to "soul" LadyLorraine - 14/09/2009 07:50:27 PM 640 Views
Re: i'm not saying that all inexplained qualities are due to "soul" Burr - 14/09/2009 08:05:41 PM 642 Views
Carts and horses. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:10:22 PM 772 Views
No *NM* Monkey - 14/09/2009 05:14:33 PM 263 Views
Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? jh - 14/09/2009 05:27:09 PM 636 Views
Re: Wouldn't spiritual and substance be mutually exclusive? Lordling - 14/09/2009 06:20:45 PM 622 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 663 Views
That sounds very like gnosticism in many ways. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:17:51 PM 672 Views
No. *NM* Entophile - 14/09/2009 07:06:59 PM 252 Views
define "spiritual'. Avendesora - 14/09/2009 07:36:18 PM 592 Views
Rum. Craig - 14/09/2009 08:25:46 PM 651 Views
YES! *NM* Elaine - 16/09/2009 02:10:55 PM 285 Views
How are we not married? *NM* Craig - 19/09/2009 04:10:13 AM 261 Views
Bigamy laws. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 19/09/2009 03:49:59 PM 245 Views
My Achilles heel! *NM* Craig - 19/09/2009 07:30:06 PM 266 Views
Timing *NM* Elaine - 21/09/2009 12:51:37 PM 264 Views
My Achilles ankle! *NM* Craig - 21/09/2009 08:14:42 PM 274 Views
Your Face. *NM* jh - 21/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 263 Views
My Achilles face! Craig - 07/10/2009 09:40:36 PM 546 Views
No *NM* Dragonsworn - 14/09/2009 09:09:16 PM 245 Views
No *NM* Camilla - 14/09/2009 09:31:14 PM 262 Views
Yes, vodka. *NM* Stephen - 14/09/2009 10:02:19 PM 248 Views
Substance? Great Lord of Chaos - 14/09/2009 10:08:04 PM 608 Views
Yeah, boobs. Vodalus - 15/09/2009 01:51:44 AM 597 Views
Not the way I'd put it, as jh notes, but unquestionably. Joel - 15/09/2009 03:17:22 PM 632 Views
Look, don't put words in my mouth. jh - 15/09/2009 04:50:13 PM 655 Views
Sorry. Joel - 15/09/2009 05:14:10 PM 585 Views
Re: Sorry. Burr - 17/09/2009 09:20:58 PM 567 Views
People over-complicate this, it's a sort of animal abuse Isaac - 15/09/2009 09:03:01 PM 621 Views
Nicely put. *NM* everynametaken - 17/09/2009 01:57:44 AM 242 Views
Very nicely put. *NM* Ghavrel - 17/09/2009 06:57:57 PM 237 Views
A sublte nuance most modern materialists miss. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:21:33 PM 846 Views
I think there may be platonic forms defining purpose Sports_Gambler - 16/09/2009 06:27:36 AM 548 Views
The material universe precludes a purely natural cause. Joel - 18/09/2009 12:04:16 PM 732 Views
One little correction Isaac - 20/09/2009 12:34:13 AM 720 Views
That makes it more complex, but I agree the same basic problem persists. Joel - 07/10/2009 12:11:07 PM 770 Views
Nay. Burr - 20/09/2009 07:04:47 AM 551 Views
Re: Nay. Joel - 07/10/2009 11:55:28 AM 664 Views
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