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Perhaps those who are not so baffled are those who do not take the time to question their beliefs.
Of course, I do realize that those who have clear knowledge ~~ facts ~~ are not so baffled insofar as those things go.
The Sandbox is cool if we can keep in mind what a sandbox is for. But even children in sandboxes argue ~ “Hey, that sand is mine. That’s my mud pie. Leave it alone.” And then comes the slinging of the mud and sand.
I agree with you that religion can be too aggressive. Why do YOU think that is so? I have my own reasons.
I think that for me Philosophy can be the best place for a discussion of the soul because anything which we say about it cannot be absolute or written in stone…just like the God concept cannot be.
Just for the record, I do not have to believe in God, at least certainly not the God of most, in order to have a discussion about God. God may be real to people but God is also a concept!
If a discussion starts out on the soul and is based on religious belief, already it becomes biased albeit it is still a discussion about the soul.
Philosophy is about seeking out the truth of things and wisdom.
That can be about the road less travelled, not the one which has not usually been traveled within the mind - beliefs.
With Pleasure.
Oh, how I do enjoy playing in the sandbox with you, encode_decode.
That I think is a very good answer. Keeping an open mind. I don’t know if we could ever get to some sort of conclusion where the soul is concerned. Some of us decide to detach, let go, have faith and just believe what they choose. That’s fine. Some of us withhold judgment remaining highly curious and imagining, pondering, musing. ~ living in negative capability. I love that expression, Keats. Thank you.
It made me laugh.
Do not misunderstand me. That is not my way of thinking. I was simply giving you another viewpoint.
You mean that the body is the soul and the spirit is its driving force . . .?
I kind of think that expressing it in that way removes the soul, let’s say human soul, from being something more ethereal or non corporeal - though not necessarily eternal.
The brain and body are inter-connected ~~ the former resides within the later obviously but I personally still wouldn’t express it that way - that the body is the soul unless you are saying that the soul somehow took up residence in the brain. There are many intangibles within the brain, right?
It does boggle my mind though and it will continue to.
So you are saying that the soul is the seat of consciousness? Well, if we can say psyche I can agree. But then again, can we even be sure of that at this time? Have the scientists reached a fair conclusion about it? You would probably know more about that than I would.
Do we know enough about both to even come to that conclusion? I’m hesitant about doing that.
IF the [human] soul does reside somewhere within the brain, then perhaps it may.
There was a time when I intuited that my soul was somewhere outside my body, about a foot or so all around it. LOL
Muddy waters.
As far as muddying waters, I do think that sometimes that could be a good thing. This is not directed at you per se because I do understand and admire your need for clarity but I think that universally speaking, what would appear to be clear waters at times is not so clear at all. We do not like to disturb those waters. But that’s just the way I feel.
I can’t hear you. I can only read you.
Anyway, stop fishing for compliments.
We are all the students and all the teachers at different times.
What do you think it is most important to be? :-"
I think that when it comes to the intangibles in life, we all need to be a bit more skeptical and agnostic instead of automatically assuming and presuming that we have all of the answers simply because these answers put us in a comfort zone that is not built with bricks but really just built with wispy feathers…though wispy feathers can be quite beautiful!