Attn: JMS - Souls

 Posted on 11/27/1999 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>I am told you are an atheist; I am just agnostic.
>Question: do you believe in souls? (cf Soulhunter, River of Souls)
>--

Define exactly what you mean by souls.

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Attn: JMS - Souls

 Posted on 11/28/1999 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>I think it's rather easy to define - a non-physical component of a
>person which is independant of their physical existence and still
>incorporates all important elements of their personality such that
>it would be unmistakeably unique. (being non-physical it would
>be undetectable and unaffected by any physical processes)

Except of course that this also defines *mind* just as well as it does *soul*.
The mind exists IN the brain, as the soul reputedly exists IN the body, but you
can poke around someone's cerebral cortex all you want, you won't find *mind*.

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