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When Does A Baby Get A Soul?
If your heart starts at day 18, and your gentials develope at 3-4 months, and you must have a thinking brain around then too... Then when does your soul begin? Or are you a human blueprint until you actually are birthed?
 ajknorr  15 Jun 2012 15:49
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Although the motion proposed here is quite vague, I am against it simply because of the fact that there is no scientific evidence to proof the existence of this thing we like to call "soul".

What is the "soul" anyways? The answer may seem fairly obvious, but there's no denying that the moment i ask you to describe it you'll struggle. Its even more complicated, if you try to describe the nature of a "soul" in context of science.

For instance, we all know that our brains make us who we are. They determine our personalities, the way we see the world and form the basis of the mind. Read one book on neuroscience and you will learn that the idea of such a soul is unnecessary.

Most importantly, the proposition has the burden to explaining how the soul relates to the brain. When i die are my memories transferred to this "soul"? What about those who in a comma? Or what about those who are dying slowly? What's happening to their souls?

Therefore, I think we can agree that this motion can be easily dismissed because one of the key words in it is fantasy. It relies on the existence of a soul, something that no one can argue for with objective evidence.
 
 raya  16 Jun 2012 14:06
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