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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
 
Now now, no need to get all snippy! Evidence in scientific language usually means something you can measure or prove. You can't measure love or prove it exists. We just know it because it is an "evidentiary experience" - something we know exists because we experience it. I would argue souls are similar. People that believe in souls know they exist because they can feel them the same way you feel love.

Hmm. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they feel their soul the same way that they feel love. Can you give some examples of people feeling their souls?

As for evidence of love, you can observe that in people's actions, not just because they say so. And you could prove love exists if you had to. Off the top of my head, I can imagine an experiement where one group consists pairs of fathers and daughters (presumed to love one another) and the other consists of pairs of random people who don't know each other. You tell each pair that one of them will be shot. Then you tell one of the people he/she can choose whether s/he is shot or the other person. I'm betting that more of the people in the father daughter pairs choose to have themself shot versus the control group, proving love exists. [/quote]

Good try, but imagine in that same study, one of the fathers was terminally ill.  The daughter knows this.  So she chooses to have her father shot instead of herself.  Does this mean there is no love between them (it does not exist there)?

I think a lot of people equate their souls with their consciences.  Martin Luther used to ask members of his congregation "How is it with your soul?" instead of "How are you?".   So if you feel guilt, anger, happiness, obligations, whatever - it is your soul.  People who believe in souls would argue that they feel their souls the same way you feel love.

A better example would be how many Catholics feel more guilt than others, and go to confession to "rid themselves" of that guilt.  If you did a survey of catholics and non Catholics, I'm sure Catholics would rate higher on feelings of guilt.  By your scientific view, does this mean they have souls, but non-catholics don't have souls, thus proving that souls exist?

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