I don't believe that animals have souls. Scientists have proven that when humans die their body weighs less and no difference when an animals die [<a href="http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp " target="_blank">Snopes</a>]. plus christ died for humans not animals. however i hope we are allowed one or two when we get to the pearly gates.
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My late companion felt likewise, at least concerning the desire to have her deceased pets join her in heaven.
She never made any comment about the weight of a soul, however. And as the Snopes article shows, the claim that "scientists have proven" the existence of souls (by weight, of all things) is exaggeration at least and flimsily based prevarication at most.
It's hilarious that any "scientific" study that mirrors a fundie's opinions, no matter how flawed or ill-conceived, gets trotted out as "proof" of the truth of religious beliefs, yet these same people are the loudest at denouncing "scientists" when a study's findings conflict with religious dogma.
~David D.G.
"I don't believe that animals have souls."
Me neither. Of course, since humans are animals, we can put some basic logic together as follows:
P1) All members of group X lack property Y.
P2) Group Z is a part of group X
C) Therefore, group Z lacks property Y.
Group X = animals
Property Y = souls
Group Z = humans
I'll leave it to you to make the necessary substitutions.
Non-Homogenized, do you mind if I steal that for using people's logic against them in real life?
And, I think they do have souls. And if not, then the soul is what makes us Evil and why we're all going to Hell- not the other way around.
Julian re: Prescott - he's quite sweet really (I met the guy once), but not greatly troubled by intelligence, although it's hard to tell how clever he really is, the way he mangles English.
Your useage of logic against the fundies is not nearly harsh enough. Wait until this "proof" comes up again sometime.
Fundie: Scientists have proven that when humans die their body weighs less due to the soul escaping.
You: So how much is the soul supposed to weigh?
Fundie: 21 grams.
You: A fertilized human egg cell weighs a lot less than that, the whole thing won't weight 21 grams for at least a month after conception. This is contrary to the pro-life "life begins at conception" stance?
Then just hang back and watch the shit fly.
i hope we are allowed one or two when we get to the pearly gates.
Uh huh...and which are you hoping for, Bubba, a sheep or a goat?
"Scientists have proven that when humans die their body weighs less and no difference when an animals die"
- The notion that your soul leaves the body and goes to Heaven after death is a Platonic idea. It is not described explicitly anywhere in the bible.
biblesound? Hardly.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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