"I don't know how the universe started, nor why."

Ok. That makes sense.

"All it would prove is that my brain is being stimulated by a combination of visual, audial, and tactile sensations. It doesn't prove that you are an actual person. I could be dreaming. My brain could be floating in a tank somewhere. And you can't prove it's not. That's my point. You're looking for absolutes, which can never be found."

I bet you loved 'The Matrix'. So did I.

"At what point does a non-living object suddenly become living and acquire a soul?"

I think only humans have souls. My answer to what makes a think living or not is the search for food. I think if an organism searches for food or a way of life, it is alive. Rocks do not, bacteria do. Makes sense to me. How bout you?

• Ja - stormcrow - June 6, 2002 - 03:41 UTC
  • 'we was' should be 'he was.' I speaks American good - stormcrow - June 6, 2002 - 03:42 UTC
  • Soulman. - kc2gwx - June 6, 2002 - 15:28 UTC
    • But that's still a big assumption - stormcrow - June 7, 2002 - 04:11 UTC
      • ---uming? - kc2gwx - June 7, 2002 - 05:18 UTC
        • Ahh! - kc2gwx - June 7, 2002 - 05:19 UTC
          • Actually souls evolve - yanniru - June 7, 2002 - 14:24 UTC
            • This would explain why some here can't really be honest - carefuluniverse - June 7, 2002 - 21:56 UTC
              • You made a definite statement - yanniru - June 10, 2002 - 14:40 UTC
                • Point of view here confuses me - carefuluniverse - June 10, 2002 - 22:50 UTC
                  • I did refute it - yanniru - June 11, 2002 - 15:16 UTC
                    • I do play the trumpet in our community band - carefuluniverse - June 12, 2002 - 05:04 UTC
                      • Confession-I make more noise than you - yanniru - June 12, 2002 - 14:29 UTC
                        • My Uncle Dean was a drummer, and a great Patriot - carefuluniverse - June 12, 2002 - 17:44 UTC
                • Example: Caligula - carefuluniverse - June 11, 2002 - 05:45 UTC
                  • Too much - yanniru - June 11, 2002 - 15:10 UTC
                    • Bad answer...Caligula was considered a God - carefuluniverse - June 12, 2002 - 05:06 UTC
            • I like some of this and respond in that spirit - carefuluniverse - June 11, 2002 - 05:41 UTC
              • Typical - yanniru - June 11, 2002 - 15:27 UTC
        • Societal Forces - stormcrow - June 8, 2002 - 23:22 UTC
          • human brain has randomizing pause-time - carefuluniverse - June 9, 2002 - 04:49 UTC
            • ...that others do not have, or that we have to a greater degree? - stormcrow - June 9, 2002 - 05:04 UTC
              • cerebral cortex - carefuluniverse - June 10, 2002 - 04:49 UTC
                • Did you know... - luis_hamburgh - June 10, 2002 - 14:25 UTC
                  • nice one! - carefuluniverse - June 10, 2002 - 22:52 UTC
          • Soul - kc2gwx - June 11, 2002 - 17:31 UTC
            • Just saying you belive something doesn't mean anything - stormcrow - June 11, 2002 - 17:48 UTC
              • Soul part II - kc2gwx - June 11, 2002 - 20:32 UTC
                • Nah - stormcrow - June 11, 2002 - 20:55 UTC
                  • Yeah. - kc2gwx - June 12, 2002 - 05:10 UTC
                    • Mario gets frustrated, Part XXXIV - stormcrow - June 12, 2002 - 05:17 UTC
                      • I've frustrated you 34 times? - kc2gwx - June 12, 2002 - 05:46 UTC