zapatos Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 44 minutes ago, Vexen said: Science and religion can coexist peacefully. Science does not support the concept of a religiously based soul. This forum is populated by people of science. Therefore you will not find many people here to defend the concept of a soul. That should be obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexen Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, zapatos said: Science does not support the concept of a religiously based soul. This forum is populated by people of science. Therefore you will not find many people here to defend the concept of a soul. That should be obvious. Does that mean the religions based on the concept of a soul are invalid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Vexen said: Does that mean the religions based on the concept of a soul are invalid? It means science deals with observable, testable phenomena. Souls, gods, angels, heaven, all these things are scientifically ambiguous because they can't be discussed meaningfully. Falsifiability is lacking in most religious concepts, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 39 minutes ago, Vexen said: Does that mean the religions based on the concept of a soul are invalid? It means quit being obtuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Vexen said: Does that mean the religions based on the concept of a soul are invalid? It means it has nothing to do with science. Unless you can provide some evidence that this "soul" thing (whatever it is) exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Vexen said: Science and religion can coexist peacefully. Provided that religion keeps out of areas that are properly dealt with by science. So religion has no valid place in cosmology, biology, ethics, geology, politics, education and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwlocke Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 hours ago, zapatos said: You do know you are on a science forum, right? yeah, I agree but we are on the religion side so eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, peterwlocke said: yeah, I agree but we are on the religion side so eh. So you think a bunch of religious people are going to suddenly appear and defend the concept of a soul just because we are on the religion side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwlocke Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, zapatos said: So you think a bunch of religious people are going to suddenly appear and defend the concept of a soul just because we are on the religion side? nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, peterwlocke said: nope Then I don't understand the purpose of your "so eh" comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwlocke Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 well, I like to see their reasoning even though I don't believe it I will still hear it it is entertaining. 18 minutes ago, zapatos said: Then I don't understand the purpose of your "so eh" comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexen Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Religious people think of the soul like dark matter. It hasn't been directly observed but its effects can be seen like consciousness and near death experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Vexen said: Religious people think of the soul like dark matter. It hasn't been directly observed but its effects can be seen like consciousness and near death experience. A better analogy is that religious people think of the soul like the tooth fairy, or santa claus since, while you assert it's effects can be seen, they actually cannot (whereas dark matter very much can). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexen Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, iNow said: A better analogy is that religious people think of the soul like the tooth fairy, or santa claus since, while you assert it's effects can be seen, they actually cannot (whereas dark matter very much can). Okay, That's a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Vexen said: Religious people think of the soul like dark matter. It hasn't been directly observed but its effects can be seen like consciousness and near death experience. And this kind of misunderstanding seems to crop up a lot when religious people pretend their beliefs are rational. They put a lot of store in faith, yet they also want to claim they reached their beliefs in a reasoned manner. Science already has testable explanations for consciousness and NDEs, so the religious have to choose between the natural and the supernatural in cases like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwlocke Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 yeah, like faith proves nothing where is something that really proves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, peterwlocke said: yeah, like faith proves nothing where is something that really proves it. Believe it or not, scientists don't look for proof, they look for evidence that supports the hypothesis. When enough evidence in support piles up, and no evidence against can be found, they start calling it a theory. It's unfair to hold religious claims to a standard of proof science doesn't follow. Proof is for philosophy and maths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Phi for All said: Believe it or not, scientists don't look for proof, they look for evidence that supports the hypothesis. When enough evidence in support piles up, and no evidence against can be found, they start calling it a theory. It's unfair to hold religious claims to a standard of proof science doesn't follow. Proof is for philosophy and maths. Every now and them, science does look for proof- often for proof that something does not work. The Michelson Morley experiment is a good example. If the ether was real then that experiment would have shown it. The experiment didn't; so the ether (as it had been described) doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itoero Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 7:58 PM, Vexen said: was wondering when was the soul imparted into humans during the course of evolution? At the first animal which was called 'human'. Maybe Homo Habilis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwlocke Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 17 hours ago, John Cuthber said: Every now and them, science does look for proof- often for proof that something does not work. The Michelson Morley experiment is a good example. If the ether was real then that experiment would have shown it. The experiment didn't; so the ether (as it had been described) doesn't exist. no i was saying that you need proof to prove something and nothing proves god 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriously disabled Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 There is no shred of proof that humans have ever had a soul. Most people just can't accept the finality of death so they invent things, God and souls being among them. But there is absolutely no evidence for the existence of God just like there is no evidence whatsoever for the existence of life beyond death. I believe that death is the end for us. Once you're dead you stay dead for all of eternity and that is why religion is evil: Religion prays on the weak, the poor and the gullible and makes them believe things which actually aren't true at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, seriously disabled said: There is no shred of proof that humans have ever had a soul. You're aware that religion does not require evidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 20 hours ago, seriously disabled said: There is no shred of proof that humans have ever had a soul. 20 hours ago, MandanMaru39 said: There is no scientific evidence for anything resembling a soul . You're off-topic in this thread. The table discussing whether there is a soul in the first place is three rows down on the left. This one is discussing when a soul may have developed during evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimreepr Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Phi for All said: This one is discussing when a soul may have developed during evolution. I suspect it was when confirmation bias emerged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koti Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 9:09 PM, Phi for All said: I'd say early to mid-twentieth century. But it wasn't God, at least not directly. It was Ray Charles. I have to disagree on this one Phi. It was Aretha Franklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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