The Scientific Proof of the Existence of the Soul

Waking Times ^ | February 27, 2013 | Debbie West

[2ndDivisionVet]

I think they mean the Council of Nicea, not Nice.

[SkyDancer]

"In 1901 Dr. Duncan MacDougall determined that the soul weighed 21 grams by weighing dying patient’s right before and right after death. "

Maybe it's just what oxygen weighs after it is expelled from the lungs at the dying breath? Just wondering.

[Macrinus]

Beam me up,Scotty.

[Lurking Libertarian]

a board certified Past Life Regression Therapist

Stopped read right there.

[Jedediah]

that is sooo cool I never heard that before

[Thumper1960]

does a jar under vacuum weigh the same as a jar not under a vacuum?

[Zeneta]

Do religious experiences come from God, or are they merely the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on his own research with Carmelite nuns, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard shows that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. He offers compelling evidence that religious experiences have a nonmaterial origin, making a convincing case for what many in scientific fields are loath to consider—that it is God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain. Beauregard and O'Leary explore recent attempts to locate a "God gene" in some of us and claims that our brains are "hardwired" for religion—even the strange case of one neuroscientist who allegedly

http://www.amazon.com/The-Spiritual-Brain-Neuroscientists-Existence/dp/0061625981

[bunkerhill7]

I done a lot of soul-searchin` lately

but never did find one...

[Cyman]

Me too!

[bigbob]

I thought they meant the Council of Noetics...oh, no that was Dan Brown.

Memory is hazy because this topic is filed right next to memories of dorm room bullsessions and beer-drinking sessions. Having played about with hypnosis in college, the past-life regression “memories” are quite fascinating, even if they are nothing more than random stream-of-consiousness fabrications of the subconscious mind.

[Salvavida]

What's cool about it? Long before this idiot was a twinkle in his mother's eye, God gave us instructions about the reality of the soul. If you do a word search in the Bible you'd be amazed at what God has to say on the issue.

We don't need a someone with a degree in psycho-babble to instruct us.

[Zeneta]

Start with Joesph Campbell and his excellent work in mythology.

Your journey will diverge at some point.

The divergence is that of “certainty” or “uncertainty”.

The choice is yours.

[JaguarXKE]

[Kartographer]

I don’t need anyone’s word on if I have a soul. I know it because Jesus told me that it is so.

[MeshugeMikey]

Man dies ...”then the Judgement”

it’s amazing what lengths so many will go to avoid coming to grips with that reality!

[SkyDancer]

Do we live in a vacuum? Are our lungs under a vacuum?

[I want the USA back]

The article does not show any scientific proof. There can not be, and will not be any scientific proof, unless you include the works of St Thomas of Aquinas under science. They are indeed science, but not under today’s interpretation of the word science.

[BerryDingle]

I always thought Soul was a kind of food.

[ottbmare]

The article cites Dr Evan Alexander, but he’s apparently a charlatan who wrote his best-selling book to make money because he was facing costly malpractice suits and was in a lot of financial trouble.

[Thumper1960]

The jar, not the human.