tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post3531035350817747004..comments2024-01-17T03:10:06.828-06:00Comments on Imagining the Tenth Dimension: Polls Archive 51 - Do Animals Have Souls?Rob Bryantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18215892812705188148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-29732230580549386812009-11-30T06:05:24.765-06:002009-11-30T06:05:24.765-06:00Hi Fred, you're absolutely right about the def...Hi Fred, you're absolutely right about the definitions of soul and spirit, but I also agree that in modern usage these concepts have been blurred together. A poll question or blog entry called "Do Animals Have Spirits" certainly sounds like it would be the more correct question to be asking, but for people not familiar with the proper definitions might have led them to wonder if we Rob Bryantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215892812705188148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-29571915077981496422009-11-30T05:55:20.891-06:002009-11-30T05:55:20.891-06:00Hi Dan, thanks for the comment. I respect that you...Hi Dan, thanks for the comment. I respect that you're not comfortable with words like "soul" and "God" being used in serious discussions of the nature of reality, and your position that there we are not any more than the sum of our parts. However, cosmologists are faced with an entire universe that is much much more than the sum of its parts - dark matter and dark energy Rob Bryantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215892812705188148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-49084369774592439032009-11-26T18:35:35.555-06:002009-11-26T18:35:35.555-06:00The (Concordant Version) of the scriptures talk ab...The (Concordant Version) of the scriptures talk about soul and spirit. They also draw a distincion between the two. Their meanings today have been blurred together as though there is no difference. A thorough study of these words and their occurances reveal their difference. A soul is any being with sensation, usually reliant on blood and oxygen, "and every soul in the sea died". So yesFREDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-2710195198578402242009-11-26T13:33:11.065-06:002009-11-26T13:33:11.065-06:00Yeah! :)
It's a classic Zen koan, wherein Jo...Yeah! :)<br /><br />It's a classic Zen koan, wherein Joshu, a Zen master, is asked whether or not a dog has buddha nature (hence it's applicability to the survey). His reply is "Mu", which is sort of a way of negating the question. The obvious answer is "yes", cause <i>everything</i> has buddha nature. So then the question becomes, why did Joshu say "Mu" ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878218593991067382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-20248876582751928302009-11-26T09:29:27.072-06:002009-11-26T09:29:27.072-06:00I think the Soul-Question can be boiled down to : ...I think the Soul-Question can be boiled down to : Are you more than the sum of your particles (that is Molecules, Atoms, Quarks etc.)<br />While most people probably answered yes, i would choose 'No' or at least 'probably not'.<br />Because if you answered 'Yes', you would have to explain what component exactly it is that is outside your body and constitutes the 'Soul&Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-65824028042927311452009-11-25T11:18:59.672-06:002009-11-25T11:18:59.672-06:00Mu, as in "yes and no are both right and wron...Mu, as in "yes and no are both right and wrong". Ha! Nice one.<br /><br />Good to hear from you, Ian!<br /><br />RobRob Bryantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215892812705188148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995480544618201142.post-87252248923625949242009-11-25T11:10:42.407-06:002009-11-25T11:10:42.407-06:00Hey Rob, nice poll. One complaint though. You sho...Hey Rob, nice poll. One complaint though. You should have included an option for "Mu". :)<br /><br />Zen humor. Gotta love it...ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878218593991067382noreply@blogger.com