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Originally posted by slant eyes
not sure if this belongs here. i'm hoping i stumbled onto the right place, if not, could a kind moderator please point me in the direction of home? thanks.
well, i have always held the belief that people have souls. i can see things, i can feel things and so it suffices to believe that others believe things and can feel things as well. to be put in a more general sense, i would take the plunge and say that every living thing has feelings, thus would also have a soul. would most of you agree with me on this?
ok, suppose that they all do. what happens when there is a large trail of army ants in your house, and you lay down the mighty hand of science and douse them with raid. they look as if they are squirming, but i can't really grasp the thought that i have just taken the souls of sooooooo many in one foul swoop.
i watched the movie 'antz' and that set some sort of perspective on things, however i still find it hard to believe.
for some reason, i kill cockroaches and other large insects with no problem. when i killed a squirrel once, watched it squirm to death, i felt bad. partially because i really felt as if i had taken a soul. but i don't get this same feeling when i amass destruction on a whole army of ants.
um, i know this doesn't really have a point, but i guess what i'm asking is do you think all living things have souls, and thus so do ants. and what happens when i kill them? was it like hiroshima with the atom bomb?
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Woah! bringing up Antz in a philosopical discusion! That's gotta have some profound implication...I just can't put my finger on it!
I don't believe in a soul. I have no reason to.
Why is a soul required in order to feel pain?