Attn: JMS - Souls

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From: WWS <wschmidt at tyler.net>
Date: 28 Nov 1999 19:46:58 -0700
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John Dutka wrote:
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> Jms at B5 <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote:
> : Define exactly what you mean by souls.
> 
> Is it even possible to exactly define abstract concepts with the
> concrete terms in which humans think?

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)

The question is whether or not one believes in such a thing.

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 28 Nov 1999 21:48:53 -0700
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>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*. 

 jms

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